Can a smartphone app help gastric cancer patients recover faster after surgery?
NCT ID NCT07441850
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This trial tests whether a smartphone-based program combining exercise, nutrition advice, and psychological support can reduce complications and improve recovery in 186 gastric cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy and surgery. Participants follow the program from before surgery until four weeks after discharge. The study compares this approach to standard care and also checks if the smartphone platform improves patient adherence compared to phone calls.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- perioperative multimodal rehabilitation program (exercise, nutrition, and psychological support) delivered via smartphone platform
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical, low-cost way to improve recovery and reduce complications after gastric cancer surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage study testing a behavioral intervention, so results may not be generalizable. Adherence to the program could be low, and the smartphone platform may not work for all 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 186 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 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 70 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: * patients aged between 18 and 70 years; * patients with histologically confirmed resectable adenocarcinoma of the oesophago gastric junction or stomach; * patients referred by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) for neoadjuvant therapy; * patients able to use a smartphone and the digital follow up platform, and willing to comply with regular follow up assessments; * patients who provide written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * presence of distant metastasis; * severe cardiopulmonary disease or other contraindications precluding completion of the 6MWT or participation in exercise training; * concurrent other malignant tumours; * suspected recurrent gastric cancer; * cognitive impairment, communication barriers, or psychiatric conditions that would prevent compliance with the study procedures; * women who are pregnant, lactating, or planning a pregnancy.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGBeijing, China
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