U.S., Sept. 11 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07811739) titled 'Brief Mindfulness Chatbot Intervention for Cancer Patients' on July 23.

Brief Summary: This study tests a new digital tool for hospitalized cancer patients. The tool is a chatbot on LINE, a popular messaging app. The chatbot is called Mindbot. Mindbot leads a 10-minute mindfulness practice each day. The practice uses breathing exercises and virtual reality (VR).

Adult cancer patients in the hospital ward can join. Participants are randomly placed into one of two groups. One group uses Mindbot every day during their hospital stay. The other group receives usual hospital care through the hospital's existing health app.

Researchers ...