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Can a smartphone app help cancer survivors and their bedroom partners sleep better?

NCT ID NCT06938802

Symptom relief Sponsor: University of Arizona Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested whether an 8-week sleep coaching program delivered through a smartphone app is practical and acceptable for cancer survivors and their bedroom partners. Forty participants were enrolled to see if they would stick with the program and find it helpful. The goal was to gather early feedback, not to prove the app works for everyone.

What this could mean

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Active substance
sleep coaching program delivered via smartphone app
What this could lead to
If successful, this could point toward a convenient, app-based way to help cancer survivors and their partners sleep better.
What could go wrong
This is a small pilot study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It focuses on feasibility, not on proving the app improves sleep.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

40 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jul 2025

Finished

Dec 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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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.

Cancer Survivor eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosed with any cancer, 2. Completed curative treatment six months to five years before enrolling (excepting ongoing adjuvant endocrine therapy), 3. Score 8 to 14 on the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) 4. Have a consistent bedroom partner (i.e., sleep in the same bedroom 4 or more nights per week). Bedroom partner eligibility criteria: 1\) No cancer within the past five years Both survivors and bedroom partners: Inclusion: 1. Age \> or =18 years, 2. Able to speak and read English, 3. Able to provide informed consent, Exclusion: 4. No changes in type or dose of prescription sleep medications in the past three months, 5. Not engaged in behavioral sleep treatment for six months prior to enrollment, 6. Not planning to travel across 3 time zones or more during the eight intervention weeks or for the two weeks leading up to study assessments, 7. Not pregnant at enrollment or planning to become pregnant during the study, 8. No diagnosed or suspected psychiatric or medical condition that could interfere with participation, 9. No commitments that would interfere with regular night time sleep patterns (e.g., shift work), 10. No known untreated non-insomnia sleep disorders (e.g., sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, hypersomnia, circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorder). Enrolled participants will be allowed to remain in the study even if the other member of their dyad withdraws.

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Conditions

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cancer insomnia neoplasm

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Cancer

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Arizona Cancer Center

    Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States

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