New app aims to ease symptoms for young cancer survivors
NCT ID NCT06015009
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a mobile app designed to help children aged 9 to 16 who recently finished cancer treatment manage their symptoms. The app also provides support for their caregivers. The goal was to see if the app is easy to use and helpful for symptom relief.
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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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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- 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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9 to 16 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: Chinese paediatric cancer survivors will be included if they * are aged 9 to 16 years, * are able to read Chinese and communicate in Chinese, * have completed active cancer treatment (within the previous 2 years), as early symptom management support is crucial to reduce the symptom burden in survivors and their caregivers throughout their survivorship, and * have a smartphone or tablet and are willing to install the mHealth app. The primary caregiver of the paediatric cancer survivors (either the mother or father) * are able to read Chinese and communicate in Chinese, and * have a smartphone or tablet and are willing to install the mHealth app with their children surviving cancer Exclusion Criteria: Chinese paediatric cancer survivors will be excluded if they * have cognitive impairments or psychiatric illnesses * are currently participating in other symptom management studies, or * have evidence of secondary malignancy or recurrence The primary caregivers of the paediatric cancer survivors (either the mother or father) will be excluded if they have cognitive impairments or psychiatric illnesses.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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