Clinical trial · Observational
Mobile APP Utilization for Enhanced Post-Operative Nutritional Recovery
NCT04091165CI-TRIAL-00065510completedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study is to assess the usability and acceptability of a digital food consumption diary as part of the perioperative management of gastrointestinal oncology patients and to evaluate the impact of a digital food diary on adherence to dietician-recommended plan and on quality recovery, using a commercially available smart phone application.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| GI Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Nutritional Deficiency | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Plate Calorie Tracker | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Study Group
- description
- Participants will be identified for inclusion by leaders of the GI Clinic after GI surgery has been scheduled. Upon consenting, participants will be instructed how to download and use the mobile phone application "My Plate Calorie Counter".
- interventionNames
- Other: My Plate Calorie Tracker
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Usability of Smart Phone Application
- timeFrame
- Up to 3 months
- description
- Usability of smart phone application will be captured by (1) number of days that entries have been made by the study participants and recorded as a percentage of the total number of days after discharge from the hospital (obtained from mobile application (2) number of meals recorded in the application per day (obtained from mobile application) and (3) Exit Questionnaire (6 questions of 12). The Exit Questionnaire includes a mixture of 5-point Likert-scale, yes or no, and open-ended items to assess usability. Questions on the 5 point scale use 1 as an indication of difficulty in using application and 5 would be ease of use.
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers confirmed by tissue diagnosis and/or clinical presentation as judged by the treating physician * Candidate for curative-intent surgery * Participants will be eligible for participation regardless of degree of malnutrition (as determined at pre-operative dietary consultation) * Own a smartphone with iOS or Android operating systems with WiFi or 3G/4G connection * Willingness to download the Livestrong.com MyPlate Calorie Tracker onto a personal smart phone with assumption and responsibility for individual data usage, and creation of login for website data extraction * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form * Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study. * Sufficient English language proficiency to execute study tasks Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with tube feeds and/or need for parenteral/enteral nutrition * Participants not willing to download or utilize the commercially available weight monitoring application
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDAllenson K, Turner K, Gonzalez BD, Gurd E, Zhu S, Misner N, Chin A, Adams M, Cooper L, Nguyen D, Naffouje S, Castillo DL, Kocab M, James B, Denbo J, Pimiento JM, Malafa M, Powers BD, Fleming JB, Anaya DA, Hodul PJ. Pilot trial of remote monitoring to prevent malnutrition after hepatopancreatobiliary surgery. BMC Nutr. 2021 Dec 9;7(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s40795-021-00487-3. PMID 34886909