Can a tablet or VR headset help cancer patients recover at home?
NCT ID NCT07390071
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a home-based telerehabilitation program for adults with lymphoma or myeloma who have received CAR-T cell therapy. Participants use a tablet or VR headset, along with a pulse oximeter and Fitbit, to follow personalized exercise and nutrition plans. The goal is to see if this approach is feasible and improves quality of life and recovery. The study enrolls 40 people and focuses on usability and adherence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Home Automated Telemanagement (HAT) patient unit (device including tablet or VR headset, pulse oximeter, and Fitbit)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a home-based rehab program improves quality of life and recovery for blood cancer patients after CAR-T therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program's success depends on patient adherence and technology usability.
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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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
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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21 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: * age \>21 * confirmed diagnosis of lymphoma or myeloma * commercial FDA-approved CAR-T delivery planned for ≥4 weeks following enrollment * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2. * Access to a working telephone line in their home or a cell phone. Exclusion Criteria: * have unstable angina, uncontrolled hypertension, recent myocardial infarction, pacemakers, painful or unstable bony metastases, or recent skeletal fractures; * are engaged in a regular exercise rehabilitation program; * have relocation plans within next 6 months; * participate in another clinical trial.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah
RECRUITINGSalt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
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