Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02986152
Cancer Distress Coach Mobile App Trial
Cancer Distress Coach Mobile App Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 569 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Duke University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The Cancer Distress Coach (CDC) mobile app is a symptom management tool for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in cancer patients and caregivers. Based largely on "PTSD Coach" from the National Center for PTSD, the CDC app was redesigned for both iOS and Android platforms and is tailored specifically to individuals impacted by cancer. This study aims to evaluate whether CDC app usage influences symptoms of PTSD through a randomized controlled trial (RCT) where subjects are placed into either the intervention group or the wait-listed control group for a period of 8 weeks. The CDC app is available as a free download on the App Store® and on Google Play™.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Cancer Distress Coach Mobile App | Cancer Distress Coach is a stand-alone symptom management tool with three basic components. The Learn about Distress module provides psycho-education. The Insights module includes an inspiring Quote of the Day, daily activity planning tips, a graph displaying the user's distress level plotted over time, and assessment feedback. The main action of the application is in the Activities module that provides patients with skills to manage their stress in the moment they experience it. Depending on the severity, the patient is routed to any of a number of helpful skills based on cognitive-behavioral principles. The stress management tools include positive imageries, soothing songs and pictures, and the Relax-Identify-Decide tool. Also included is "find support" and "get support now" to connect the user to his/her support network and locate informal cancer and non-cancer related support or (immediate) professional care. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-04-13
- Completion
- 2019-04-13
- First posted
- 2016-12-08
- Last updated
- 2019-11-26
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02986152. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.