Clinical trial · Interventional
iPad Use in Reducing Anxiety and Depression in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplant
Project BUCKiPAD: The Evaluation of an iPAD Distribution Program on Anxiety and Depression in Bone and Marrow Transplant Patients
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Competing study
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This randomized clinical trial studies iPad use in reducing anxiety and depression in patients undergoing bone marrow transplant. A tablet device like the iPad can provide access to music, television, movies, books, and the Internet. It also contains a video conferencing system that can allow patients to communicate with family members and other members of their social support team. With these capabilities, an iPad distribution program may help lessen patient anxiety and depression during a hospital stay. Monitoring iPad use by patients may help doctors better understand how patients use their computers and tablets while in the hospital so that the software and applications of the iPad can be made more useful.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Depression | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer-Assisted Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- GROUP A (participants provide own computer or tablet device)
- description
- A member of the research personnel helps the participants install Netflix, Spotify, and Skype applications on their computers if they wish to do so. Participants will be given subscriptions to each application and usernames for access on days -5 to 10.
- interventionNames
- Other: Computer-Assisted Intervention
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- GROUP B (Apple BuckiPad)
- description
- Participants receive an iPad for days -5 to 10. Participants also receive the BuckiPad manual for instructions on how to use the iPad and Netflix, Skype, and Spotify applications. Participants are also directed to the official Apple's iPad user's manual on their device and have questions answered by research personnel on day -5.
- interventionNames
- Other: Computer-Assisted Intervention
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients undergoing treatment in the bone marrow transplant (BMT) unit on the 3rd floor of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute * Patients receiving reduced intensity chemotherapy for an allogeneic stem cell transplant Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who lack the visual or motor skills necessary to use a tablet device like the Apple iPad * Criteria for visual proficiency will be determined by asking the patient: do you have trouble reading a newspaper even with your glasses or contacts (if you wear them); if "yes", they will be excluded * Criteria for motor skill proficiency will be determined by asking the patient: do you have any trouble using a television remote control; if "yes", they will be excluded * Patients who do not speak English
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