Recruiting

mHealth Intervention

Sponsor:

Virginia Commonwealth University

Code:

NCT07332377

Conditions

Pain

Pain Management

Symptom Monitoring

Symptom Management

Cancer Survivorship

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a feasibility pilot test of a single-arm intervention to evaluate the beta version of an mHealth app-based behavioral intervention prior to scaling for a randomized controlled trial (RCT). This mHealth intervention is designed to enhance self-efficacy and support pain and symptom self-management among post-treatment cancer survivors.

Conditions

Pain

Pain Management

Symptom Monitoring

Symptom Management

Cancer Survivorship

Study ID

NCT07332377

Start date

Feb 23, 2026

Status verified date

Mar, 2026

Completion date

Mar 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar 31, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • In a post-treatment stage with no evidence of disease (complete remission)
  • Diagnosed with cancer in the past three years
  • Experiencing cancer/treatment-related pain
  • ≥ 18 years of age at the time of first diagnosis
  • Cognitively able to actively participate in an online-based study
  • Able to read, write, and understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals who currently use any medication for psychiatric reasons (including stimulants, and mood stabilizers)
  • Patients with major psychotic disorders (bipolar disorder or schizophrenia) and/or substance use disorders.
  • Those who are currently pregnant or plan to become pregnant in the next three months

Study Design

Enrollment

25 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention

Implement a bank of 60 mHealth intervention messages, ecological momentary assessments (EMAs), and e-diary entries to PiLR to deliver a 1-week mHealth intervention to cancer survivors experiencing pain

Interventions

Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention

Individuals will use the mHealth app for 1 week. Participants will interact with evidence-based messages and will complete ecological momentary assessments (EMA's) (two times per day) and electronic diaries (e-diaries) daily.

Primary outcome measure

  • Feasibility and acceptability of the mobile health (mHealth) intervention [ Time Frame: Baseline and end of one week intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Sun Jung Kim, Ph.D

804-628-4688sjkim2@vcu.edu

Locations

Virginia Commonwealth University

Recruiting

Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298

Contacts

Sun Jung Kim, Ph.D

804-628-4688sjkim2@vcu.edu

Principal Investigator:

Sun Jung Kim, Ph.D

More Information

Sponsor

Virginia Commonwealth University

Last update posted

Mar 18, 2026

Last verified

Mar, 2026

Keywords

  • cancer survivorship
  • pain management
  • mHealth
  • behavioral intervention
  • nonpharmacologic intervention
  • app
  • digital health

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Virginia Commonwealth University on 2026-03-18.