App and coach help young transplant patients shed pounds
NCT ID NCT04453072
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a weight loss program that uses a smartphone app and a coach to help teens and young adults who are overweight after a stem cell transplant. The goal is to see if the program can help them lose weight and build healthy eating habits. About 20 people who are at least 100 days past their transplant will take part.
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Study facts
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- 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 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2020
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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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13 to 30 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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 a history of HSCT of any type, at least 100 days post-transplant at initial consultation of the study, will be eligible for the study * Patients must classify as obese, represented as body mass index (BMI) \>= 85th percentile for age and gender * Patients must also be able to read English since the app intervention is only available in English form * No patients will be excluded for any specific underlying medical condition, but decisions will be made on a case by case basis if a patient's functioning is deemed to significantly interfere with intervention participation * PARENT: * His/her child meets all inclusion criteria * \>= 18 years of age * Can speak English Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are \< 100 days post-transplant at initial consultation will not be eligible for the study, but may become eligible if they are \> 100 days post-transplant at their next consultation that falls within the enrollment window * Patients whose BMI does not fall under the obese category will be excluded
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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