Clinical trial · Interventional
Supporting Spiritual Wellbeing in Young Adults With Cancer Using a Digital Health Approach: A Feasibility Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Smartphone application being tested in this study was removed from commercial use
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this research study is to collect information on how young adults (aged 18-39) receiving treatment for cancer use and rate the acceptability of a spiritual self-care smartphone app over a 6-week period. This study will test whether there may be any immediate or lasting benefits to spiritual or psychological wellbeing after using the app for 6-weeks. Collecting this information about the spiritual self-care app from young adults receiving treatment for cancer to better understand whether further testing of this smartphone app for supporting spiritual wellbeing during cancer treatment should be considered.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Young Adult Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spiritual Self-Care Smartphone App | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Spiritual Self-Care App
- description
- Smartphone app
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Spiritual Self-Care Smartphone App
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Acceptability of spiritual self-care smartphone app
- timeFrame
- Week 6
- description
- At the end of each week of the 6-week intervention, participants will complete a brief survey to self-report: a) acceptability of the app (i.e., how enjoyable, beneficial, difficult, were your interactions with the content measured on scale of 0%-not at all to 100%-very much), b) preferred time of day, c) preferred content, d) intentions to continue use, and e) barriers and facilitators to use during the past week. At the end of the intervention period, we will assess overall acceptability of the app (i.e., how enjoyable, beneficial, difficult, etc. was the intervention overall measured on scale of 0%-not at all to 100%-very much; how likely are you to recommend this to a friend/someone with cancer).
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 39 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Young adults between the ages of 18 and 39 * Histologically confirmed diagnosis of cancer (except basal cell skin carcinoma) * For patients with solid tumors, patients must be within 12-weeks of current cancer diagnosis upon enrollment and currently receiving curative treatment (i.e., surgery and/or chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy; surgery-only patients must be within 6-weeks of surgery at time of enrollment). For patients with hematological cancers, there is no requirement for time since diagnosis, provided they are receiving treatment, including stable maintenance management. * Able to provide informed consent and fluent in English for completion of study questionnaires * Residing in the USA * Internet access * Own a smartphone with an active data plan or wi-fi * Have a personal email address Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to provide informed consent * Not currently engaging in curative cancer treatment(s) (i.e., awaiting treatment initiation, completed curative treatment(s)) * Currently receiving end-of-life palliative care or hospice care
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