Phone app aims to boost recovery in lung cancer patients
NCT ID NCT05990946
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tests whether a smartphone app that tracks symptoms and gives feedback can help lung cancer patients do their prescribed rehab exercises after minimally invasive surgery. About 736 patients will use the app and be randomly assigned to get symptom alerts with clinician advice or just use the app without feedback. The goal is to see if the app improves exercise adherence and reduces complications.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- smartphone app for remote symptom management
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, scalable way to help lung cancer patients recover better after surgery by improving exercise adherence.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center trial with an interim analysis due to slow recruitment, so results may not apply broadly. The app's benefit depends on patient engagement and clinician response.
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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 736 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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 to 75 years
- 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: * Age 18-75 years old * preoperative clinical diagnosis or suspicion of resectable primary lung cancer * Able to use smartphones and complete electronic questionnaires * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * conversions to open thoracotomy during surgery * ECOG score \> 1 * Received neoadjuvant therapy * Previous lung resection surgery * Unable to exercise due to physical limitations * Continuous systemic corticosteroid use within 1 month before enrollment * Unresolved toxicity above Grade 1 from previous treatments * Significant comorbidities or medical history
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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No.2 Sunwen East Rd.
RECRUITINGZhongshan, Guangdong, 528403, China
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