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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease"MoniToux"NCT03177694

A Wireless Bed Sensor for Monitoring Coughs

An observational study of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Respiratory Disease, run by Ligue Pulmonaire Neuchâteloise.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Aging of the population is dramatically increasing the number of hospitalized patients, with the consequent challenges of limited medical personnel and resources in hospitals. Wireless technologies that create highly connected healthcare environments are developed to help hospitals address these issues, once these… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Wireless bed sensor
Type of treatment
Medical device
How many people
20 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
1 Oct 2018to May 2019
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Male and female subjects aged ≥ 18 years fulfilling all of the inclusion criteria are eligible for the study. The presence of any one of the exclusion criteria will lead to exclusion of the participant.

Who may be able to join

  • Suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD I to IV) or other respiratory diseases generating dry or productive cough and hospitalized for a minimal duration of 5 days
  • Living in the Canton of Neuchâtel
  • Understanding French

Who cannot join

  • Suffering from cognitive disorders
  • Refractory to test new technologies

About this study

Official title: A Prospective Observational Pilot Study to Evaluate the Reliability and Usability of a Wireless Bed Sensor Connected to a Medical Data Analysis Platform to Monitor Coughs in Hospitalized Patients Suffering From Respiratory Diseases

Aging of the population is dramatically increasing the number of hospitalized patients, with the consequent challenges of limited medical personnel and resources in hospitals. Wireless technologies that create highly connected healthcare environments are developed to help hospitals address these issues, once these technologies are perfectly integrated in the hospital environment with respect to IT infrastructure for big data storage. Such devices have proven remarkable efficiencies in monitoring patients with high patient safety, data accuracy and security, which are essential to provide high quality patient care, reduce health-related costs and optimize the management of high numbers of patients.

Cough is the most common condition that results in a visit to the physician. Often coughs are benign, but sometimes can be the sign of exacerbations of a chronic respiratory disease. Exacerbations are defined in the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) document "as an acute event characterised by a worsening of the patient's respiratory symptoms that is beyond normal day-to-day variations and leads to a change in medication". It is assumed that, if coughs were remotely monitored, hospitals might be unburdened, patients would be empowered to self-manage their health, and that prevention of serious respiratory diseases might be facilitated, thus improving health outcomes. Unfortunately, remote monitoring for cough that rely on self-reporting is impractical, as patients do not record data very reliably. On the contrary, a bed sensor under the mattress connected to a medical data analysis platform might monitor patients' micro-movements at night and alert the medical staff as soon as there is a cough exacerbation.

Read the detailed description

The clinical study is designed as a prospective observational pilot study to evaluate the reliability of a wireless bed sensor and data analysis platform to monitor coughs in hospitalized patients with respiratory diseases.

The study includes three phases:

  1. Calibration phase: to determine the degree of coughs' homogeneity between patients. The control source of data will be an audio-video (AV) system consisting in a microphone and a polygraph to record cough events along with an infrared webcam to register patient's movements. At the end of the calibration period, the data generated by the device will be analysed to determine if the coughs are homogeneous or heterogeneous, according to patient follow-up and AV outcomes. The degree of homogeneity will allow establishing the correct number of patients to be followed in the interventional phase (estimated 20 patients) and to set a threshold to define when there is an exacerbation.
  2. Observational phase: to collect data in about 20 patients from both sources, namely the bed sensor and the AV system in the patient's hospital room. Data will be collected in parallel by the two systems during two consecutive nights for each patient.

3 Data analysis phase: to correlate bed sensor's signals with the AV recorded data. AV data as well computing will enable to determine the sensitivity and the selectivity of the device-generated signals.

Being tested
Wireless bed sensor
Keywords
cough, exacerbation, connected device
Medical subject headings
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Respiration Disorders, Cough

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Wireless bed sensorDevice

    Remote data collection

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Measurement of the clinical performance and accuracy of the bed sensor and of the analysis platform to detect coughs

    Comparison of the % of coughs detected by the connected device and the % of coughs detected by the AV system coupled to the polygraph recordings. Comparison of control and experimental groups will be performed using t-test for continuous variable. Difference with probability values > 0.05 will be considered insignificant.

    Measured: 2 nights

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Patients' acceptance on the connected device

    Determination of the level of acceptance of the device by patients by means of a patient questionnaire to provide feedback. Usability for patients will be assessed by the % rate of acceptance for the patients.

    Measured: 2 nights

  2. Medical staff's satisfaction on both the device and the medical analysis platform (usability, data usage)

    Assessment of the satisfaction of the medical staff regarding the usability of the device and of the device-generated data by means of a health professional questionnaire to provide feedback. Usability for healthcare professionals will be assessed by the % rate of satisfaction for the healthcare professionals.

    Measured: 5 days

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 Jun 2017
  2. Study start1 Oct 2018 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion31 Mar 2019 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMay 2019 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
20 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03177694
Sponsor's protocol ID
LPNE_01
Acronym
"MoniToux"
Status last verified
Aug 2018
First submitted
30 May 2017
Last updated
15 Aug 2018
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Respiratory Disease, run by Ligue Pulmonaire Neuchâteloise.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Aug 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Measurement of the clinical performance and accuracy of the bed sensor and of the analysis platform to detect coughs (time frame: 2 nights). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Aug 2018.

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