NCT05928156

Multiple Myeloma/Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Coach RCT

Blood Cancer Symptom Management App Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 77 (actual)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of evidence-informed mobile apps, Myeloma Coach and CLL Coach. These apps have been developed to help manage the physical and emotional symptoms experienced by multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia survivors. This study hopes to determine if a mobile app is a useful tool to help people manage commonly reported symptoms related to Multiple Myeloma (MM) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Conditions

• Multiple Myeloma
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Myeloma Coach or CLL Coach Mobile App	Symptom Tracking: Subjects will be asked to track their symptoms on a weekly basis, as well as given the opportunity to track these symptoms whenever they would like. Subjects will receive feedback tailored to their symptom severity with coaching on self management, including encouraging them to reach out to their health care team when symptoms are new, severe or increasing in severity. Subjects will also be able to look at graphs of symptom severity over time and share them with family and their health care team. Medication Adherence Reminders and Tracking, Activities - tools based on CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) principles can be utilized at any time to manage emotional distress. Learn - information on cancer, its treatment, self managing physical and emotional symptoms, and supportive resources.
OTHER	Springboard Beyond Cancer informational website	Springboard Beyond Cancer (https://survivorship.cancer.gov) is designed to make it easy for those in treatment and post-treatment to access essential information to help them manage ongoing cancer-related symptoms, deal with stress, improve healthy behaviors, communicate better with healthcare teams, and seek support from friends and family.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-17
• Primary completion: 2021-09-19
• Completion: 2021-09-19
• First posted: 2023-07-03
• Last updated: 2023-07-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States