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My Hospital Buddy Ida: AR-CBT for Children With Cancer

NCT07742059 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 114

Last updated 2026-08-03

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an augmented reality (AR) mobile app-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program can help children aged 6 to 12 years who are being treated for cancer cope with treatment-related distress and improve their quality of life. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does an AR-supported CBT app improve health-related quality of life compared with the same CBT content delivered on paper, and compared with usual care?
* Does the AR-CBT app improve resilience, emotional and behavioral functioning, anxiety, and treatment-related symptoms such as nausea and fatigue, compared with the other two groups?

Researchers will compare three groups: an AR-CBT group using a smartphone/tablet app called "My Hospital Buddy Ida," a Standard CBT group receiving the same content through a printed workbook, and a usual care control group, to see if the AR app leads to greater improvement in quality of life and related outcomes.

Participants will:

* Be randomly assigned to one of the three groups
* Complete a 12-module, 9-session CBT and Child Life program (AR-CBT and Standard CBT groups) or continue usual hospital care (control group)
* Complete questionnaires about quality of life, resilience, emotional and behavioral symptoms, anxiety, and treatment-related symptoms before and after the program (approximately 9 to 12 weeks later)

Conditions

  • Pediatric Cancer
  • Cancer-Related Distress
  • Quality of Life
  • Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Augmented Reality-Supported CBT ("My Hospital Buddy Ida")

A 12-module, 9-session cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Child Life program delivered via a smartphone/tablet augmented reality (AR) application with an interactive AR companion character ("Ida"), administered alongside usual hospital care.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard CBT (Printed Workbook)

The same 12-module, 9-session CBT and Child Life program content as the AR-CBT intervention, delivered via a printed workbook instead of the AR application, administered alongside usual hospital care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Akdeniz University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Health Institutes of Türkiye (TÜSEB)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Koç University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-01
Primary Completion
2026-02-01
Completion
2026-02-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT07742059 on ClinicalTrials.gov