Can a smartphone app help tame IBD symptoms?
NCT ID NCT07456566
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This pilot study will test a 24-week digital self-management program designed to help people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) manage their symptoms and build long-term healthy habits. The program is accessed via web or mobile device and is used alongside standard care. The study will enroll 40 adults with active IBD and impaired quality of life to see if the program is feasible and acceptable.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Digital self-management program (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a practical way for people with IBD to better manage their symptoms and improve their daily quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (40 people) focused on feasibility, not on proving the program works. It may not show clear benefits or be generalizable to all IBD patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) based on conventional clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological criteria, clinically active IBD * Impaired health-related quality of life * Clinically active IBD will be indicated by both a modified Harvey Bradshaw Index (HBI) ≥5 for Crohn's disease (CD) or a Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (SCCAI) ≥3 for ulcerative colitis (UC) * Fecal calprotectin \> 250 microgram (ug/g) * Impaired IBD-specific health-related quality of life will be defined as a Short IBD Questionnaire score ≤ 60 Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to speak and read English * Unable to access the internet regularly by phone or web as this will impair participants ability to engage with the intervention components * Have an ileostomy, colostomy, ileoanal pouch, or ileorectal anastomoses * Are planned for imminent surgery * Have short bowel syndrome * Uncontrolled medical or psychiatric disease
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Micigan
RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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