Clinical trial · Interventional
Symptom Management App for Children at the Early Stage of Cancer Survivorship and Their Caregivers
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effect of a Symptom Management mHealth Application With Personalised Support for Children at the Early Stage of Cancer Survivorship and Their Caregivers: Pre-post Pilot Study
NCT06015009CI-TRIAL-00099715completedN/AClinicalTrials.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 pilot trial aims to determine the feasibility, usability, acceptability, and preliminary effect of the symptom management mHealth app. Participants meeting the aforementioned criteria (section d(i)) will be eligible to participate.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oncology | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Survivorship | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symptom management mobile health application with personalised support | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention group
- description
- Child-caregiver dyads in the intervention group will use the mHealth app for 12 weeks with personalised nurse support via interactive communication technologies. The design of the app will be guided by the theory of unpleasant symptoms.
- interventionNames
- Other: Symptom management mobile health application with personalised support
Primary outcomes (6)
- measure
- Feasibility of the intervention
- timeFrame
- Upon completion of the intervention (3 months)
- description
- Feasibility in terms of (1) the recruitment rate
- measure
- Feasibility of the intervention
- timeFrame
- Upon completion of the intervention (3 months)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 9 Years
- Maximum age
- 16 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Chinese paediatric cancer survivors will be included if they * are aged 9 to 16 years, * are able to read Chinese and communicate in Chinese, * have completed active cancer treatment (within the previous 2 years), as early symptom management support is crucial to reduce the symptom burden in survivors and their caregivers throughout their survivorship, and * have a smartphone or tablet and are willing to install the mHealth app. The primary caregiver of the paediatric cancer survivors (either the mother or father) * are able to read Chinese and communicate in Chinese, and * have a smartphone or tablet and are willing to install the mHealth app with their children surviving cancer Exclusion Criteria: Chinese paediatric cancer survivors will be excluded if they * have cognitive impairments or psychiatric illnesses * are currently participating in other symptom management studies, or * have evidence of secondary malignancy or recurrence The primary caregivers of the paediatric cancer survivors (either the mother or father) will be excluded if they have cognitive impairments or psychiatric illnesses.
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