Can a phone app make immunotherapy easier for kidney cancer patients?
NCT ID NCT05579847
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a smartphone app could help patients with advanced kidney cancer learn about and manage side effects from combination immunotherapy. Twenty patients used the app for six weeks. The goal was to see if patients found the app helpful and if it improved their quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mHealth smartphone application
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this app could help patients better understand and manage treatment side effects, improving their quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The app is educational only and does not treat the cancer itself.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Finished
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Nov 2024
- 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.
Who is studied
Patients at the genitourinary medical oncology clinic at Moffitt Cancer Center with Stage IV Renal Cell Carcinoma.
- 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: * Patients with Stage IV Renal Cell Carcinoma * Within 3 weeks from starting combination immune checkpoint blockade with tyrosine kinase inhibitor or multikinase inhibitor * Estimated survival of 6 months or more * Able to read and speak English Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read or speak English * Enrolled in another clinical trial
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States