EnergyPoints app to reduce fatigue and improve sleep in cancer survivors

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This decentralized randomized trial asks cancer survivors with moderate fatigue to use the EnergyPoints app, which guides self-administered acupressure, while wearing a provided Fitbit. After a one-week baseline, participants are randomized to start six weeks of daily app-guided acupressure immediately or to a wait-list, with continuous activity and sleep monitoring by Fitbit and regular questionnaires delivered through the app. Data collection includes symptom questionnaires and a final online interview, and all activities are conducted remotely. The interdisciplinary team aims to validate the app's effect on fatigue, sleep, and health-related quality of life.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Have cancer or have been treated for cancer;
* at least a moderate level of fatigue (greater than 4 on a 0 to 10 Likert-type scale);
* able to read and speak in English;
* age 18 years or older; Android 11 or later),
* adequate hearing, vision, and functional ability to see, hear and use the app and participate in interviews,
* willing to wear a provided Fitbit 24/7 (except when charging) throughout the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* recent history of easy bruising or bleeding
* previous use of the EnergyPoints app.

Note: The functional ability questions will exclude anyone who is too sick to participate due to life-limiting disease.

Where it's running

• 5 Point App Inc
  New York, New York, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Susan L Beck, PhD — 5 Point App, Inc.
• Study coordinator: Susan L Beck, PhD
• Email: susie@5pointapp.com
• Phone: 801-971-5338

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.