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Can a smartphone yoga app ease cancer treatment stress?

NCT ID NCT06919874

Symptom relief Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study is testing whether a mobile app that guides users through yoga poses is practical and safe for people with lung cancer who are getting radiation therapy, and for their family caregivers. About 60 patient-caregiver pairs will try the app at home. The goal is to see if people find it easy to use and if it causes any problems, not yet to measure health benefits.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
mobile app-based yoga program
What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide a convenient, home-based way for patients and caregivers to manage stress and improve well-being during cancer treatment.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study (60 participants) focused on usability and safety, not on proving health benefits. The app may not be suitable for everyone, and technical issues could arise.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 60 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

May 2025

Expected to finish

Dec 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: 1. Be diagnosed with a non-small cell lung cancer or esophageal cancer and going to receive at least 24 fractions thoracic RT 2. Have an ECOG performance status of \<2 3. Have a family caregiver (e.g., spouse, sibling, adult child) willing to participate Both patient and caregiver must meet all the following criteria: 1. Be \>18 years old 2. Be able to read and speak English 3. Be able to provide informed consent 4. Have regular (self-defined) access to Wi-Fi/High speed internet access Exclusion Criteria: 1. Experiences cognitive deficits that would impede the completion of self-report instruments as deemed by their attending oncologist 2. Experiences contraindications to exercise as determined by the clinical team 3. Regularly (self-defined) participants in a yoga program in the year prior to diagnosis Participants who participated in part 1 are ineligible to participate in part 2 of this protocol.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

esophageal cancer non-small cell lung carcinoma

As listed by the trial registrant

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Non-small cell lung cancer

How to take part

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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