InpatientsREMOTIVENCT07492745
Effect of Using a Reminder to Encourage Patients to be Active During Their Hospital Stay.
A study testing Vibrating reminder in people with Inpatients and Frail, run by Groupe Hospitalier du Havre at 4 sites in 2 countries.
Trial summary
Around 30% of patients aged 65 and over experience functional decline due to hospitalization. Physical inactivity, often without medical justification, is common during hospital stays.This immobility leads to loss of autonomy, muscle strength, and increases post-discharge risks. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 50 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Inpatients, Frail
- What is being tested?
- Vibrating reminder
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 204 participants
- Where
- 4 sitesin 2 countries
- Study dates
- 19 Nov 2025to 1 Jan 2029
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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 50 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients aged 50 or over with a score of 4 or above on the Clinical Frailty Scale (vulnerable but not dependent patients, symptoms limiting activities, patients who are slower/more fatigued).
- Must be able to get up from a chair without assistance.
- Patients must be able to communicate with staff, understand instructions, give consent, and cooperate with staff.
Who cannot join
- Patients with an estimated hospital stay of less than 5 days.
- Contraindications to physical activity determined by the medical team (e.g., cardiovascular instability, orthopedic contraindications, etc.).
- Terminal illness.
- Patients scheduled for surgery.
- Pregnant women.
- People who do not understand French.
- People protected under the law.
Trial locations and contacts
4 sites in 2 countries. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
4 sites in 2 countries
France3 sites, 3 recruiting
- Not yet recruiting
Centre hospitalier de Chartres
Le Coudray, 28630
Gaëtan BADRE, Infirmier recherche clinique, 0237303030 ext. 0237303030, gbadre@ch-chartres.fr
- Recruiting
Groupe Hospitalier du Havre
Le Havre, Normandy, 76290
Guillaume Prieur
- Not yet recruiting
centre hospitalier de Valence
Valence, 26000
Baptiste Fontanille, MKDE, bfontanille@ch-valence.fr
Belgium1 site, 1 recruiting
- Not yet recruiting
Hôpital Erasme Route de Lennick 808
Brussels, 1070
Mathieu Tits, PT, 0474/365056, Mathieu.Tits@erasme.ulb.ac.be
About this study
Official title: Effect of Using a Reminder to Encourage Patients to be Active During Their Hospital Stay : a Multicenter Randomised Controlled Double Blind Study.
Around 30% of patients aged 65 and over experience functional decline due to hospitalization. Physical inactivity, often without medical justification, is common during hospital stays.This immobility leads to loss of autonomy, muscle strength, and increases post-discharge risks.
Slow walking for 25-40 minutes daily significantly improves functional capacity. However, it could be difficult to reach this time of walking due to a lack of physiotherapist in hospital.
A vibrating watch may encourage patients to walk or perform strengthening exercises. This simple intervention aims to improve function without requiring additional staff or resources
Read the detailed description
30% of patients aged 65 or older will experience a decline in functional capacity as a result of hospitalization.
Illness and hospitalization increase sedentary behavior in patients. It is common for patients to spend long periods of time resting in bed, regardless of their primary reason for admission. During hospitalization, nearly 60% of episodes of bed rest have no documented medical indications. Low physical activity during hospitalization can lead to impaired independence, loss of muscle strength, and decreased functional capacity. These losses in frail individuals are associated with increased disability and lead to a critical 30-day period after hospital discharge that exacerbates deconditioning. This period of increasing functional vulnerability can lead to readmission to hospital, disability, institutionalization, morbidity, and early mortality.
The results of a meta-analysis show that walking slowly for about 25-40 minutes per day is sufficient to improve patients' functional capacity during hospitalization. The organization of care to promote patient mobility must be reviewed to make patients more involved in their care and more independent.
It has been demonstrated for some time that the use of a reminder system (e.g., alarm) is a factor that promotes increased patient adherence to their treatments. The advantage of a vibrating reminder is that it is simple to use, very inexpensive, easy to implement in all hospital wards, and does not require additional human resources.
The main hypothesis of this study is that the use of a vibrating watch set to 6 reminders per day to prompt patients to perform muscle strengthening exercises or walk a distance determined by the rehabilitation professional will increase patients' functional capacity.
- Conditions
- Inpatients, Frail
- Being tested
- Vibrating reminder, Control group
- Keywords
- inpatients, physical activity, reminder device, frailty, functional independancy
- Medical subject headings
- Motor Activity, Frailty
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Vibrating reminderDevice
The exercises will be prescribed according to the patient's physical abilities and environmental constraints. A vibrating reminder will be given to the patient, set to go off six times a day.
Control groupDevice
Also called usual care
The exercises will be prescribed according to the patient's physical abilities and environmental constraints. A vibrating reminder will be given to the patient, set to go off once time a day.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Regardless of randomization, the physiotherapist will be able to provide the patient with the usual care, such as walking, muscle strengthening exercises, and respiratory physiotherapy if necessary. Self-rehabilitation exercises will be given to the patient, who will have to perform them independently. The exercises will be prescribed according to the patient's physical abilities and environmental constraints. A vibrating reminder will be given to the patient, set to go off six times a day. The patient will be required to perform the prescribed exercises each time the vibrating alarm goes off. Six vibrating reminders per day will be sent in the hope that the patient will be active at least three times a day, taking into account various constraints (visits, medical care, examinations, fatigue). Receives: Device: Vibrating reminder |
| control | Sham comparator | In the control group, the physiotherapist will perform the usual treatments and apply the protocol described above in the experimental group, but will set the vibrating watch, to go off once a day. The patient will be advised to perform the exercises every hour independantly. Receives: Device: Control group |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
SPPB
The SPPB (Short Physical Performance Battery) is the sum of scores on three criteria: the balance test, the walking speed test, and the chair rise test. This test assesses an individual's physical performance. The score ranges from 0 (lowest) to 12 (highest). The magnitude of change considered clinically relevant for the SPPB is 1 point.
Measured: Within 24 hours of admission and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital.
Secondary outcomes (7)
Volume and intensity of physical activity
The number of steps per day and the number of movements per minute will be measured.An accelerometer will be placed on the wrist of the non-dominant limb. Data will be measured 24 hours a day.
Measured: Within 24 hours of admission and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital.
functional independancy
Will be measured using the Barthel Index, based on the patient's level of independancy during the week prior to hospitalization and upon discharge from the hospital. The Barthel Index assesses a person's ability to perform ten essential activities of daily living.
Measured: Within 24 hours of admission and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital.
Patient compliance to the prescribed exercises
Compliance will be measured using a compliance record sheet. This will enable us to note whether the exercises have been performed, and if so, the number of times per day, the schedule, the type, the reason for interruption, and whether or not there has been any pain, rated from 0 to 10.
Measured: Within 24 hours of baseline and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital
falls
number of falls during hospitalization
Measured: Within 24 hours of baseline and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital ; and at 3 months after discharge.
Volume and type of rehabilitation in-hospital
performed by physiotherapist
Measured: Within 24 hours of baseline and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital
The volume and location of rehabilitation
performed by rehabilitation professionals after discharge
Measured: at 3 months after discharge
Health-related Quality of life
mesured by EuroQol(5-5). It assesses quality of life according to five main dimensions: mobility, independence, daily activities, pain and discomfort, anxiety, and depression. Each dimension is assessed on a five-point severity scale. The score ranges from 0 to 100 (best possible health)
Measured: 24 hours after admission, 48 hours before discharge, and 3 months after hospitalization
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Mar 2026
- Study start19 Nov 2025
- Primary completion1 Oct 2028 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Jan 2029 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for InpatientsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 204 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Groupe Hospitalier du Havre
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Centre Hospitalier de Valence, Centre Hospitalier of Chartres
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Léa Bansard, PT, MSc, Principal investigator, Groupe Hospitalier du HavreGuillaume Prieur, PT, PhD, Principal investigator, Groupe Hospitalier du HavreYann Combret, PT, PhD, Study director, Groupe Hospitalier du HavreClément Medrinal, Prof., Study chair, Groupe Hospitalier du Havre
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07492745
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2025-A01003-46
- Other IDs
- PHRIP-23-0006
- Acronym
- REMOTIVE
- Status last verified
- Oct 2026
- First submitted
- 19 Jan 2026
- Last updated
- 7 Oct 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Data type : deidentified participant data
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 Oct 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effect of Using a Reminder to Encourage Patients to be Active During Their Hospital Stay : a Multicenter Randomised Controlled Double Blind Study.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07492745
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- REMOTIVE / 2025-A01003-46
- Conditions
- Inpatients, Frail
- Keywords
- inpatients, physical activity, reminder device, frailty, functional independancy
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 204 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Groupe Hospitalier du HavreUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Centre Hospitalier de Valence, Centre Hospitalier of Chartres
- Study start
- 19 Nov 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Oct 2028 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Jan 2029 (estimated)
- First posted
- 25 Mar 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Around 30% of patients aged 65 and over experience functional decline due to hospitalization. Physical inactivity, often without medical justification, is common during hospital stays.This immobility leads to loss of autonomy, muscle strength, and increases post-discharge risks.
Slow walking for 25-40 minutes daily significantly improves functional capacity. However, it could be difficult to reach this time of walking due to a lack of physiotherapist in hospital.
A vibrating watch may encourage patients to walk or perform strengthening exercises. This simple intervention aims to improve function without requiring additional staff or resources
Detailed description
30% of patients aged 65 or older will experience a decline in functional capacity as a result of hospitalization.
Illness and hospitalization increase sedentary behavior in patients. It is common for patients to spend long periods of time resting in bed, regardless of their primary reason for admission. During hospitalization, nearly 60% of episodes of bed rest have no documented medical indications. Low physical activity during hospitalization can lead to impaired independence, loss of muscle strength, and decreased functional capacity. These losses in frail individuals are associated with increased disability and lead to a critical 30-day period after hospital discharge that exacerbates deconditioning. This period of increasing functional vulnerability can lead to readmission to hospital, disability, institutionalization, morbidity, and early mortality.
The results of a meta-analysis show that walking slowly for about 25-40 minutes per day is sufficient to improve patients' functional capacity during hospitalization. The organization of care to promote patient mobility must be reviewed to make patients more involved in their care and more independent.
It has been demonstrated for some time that the use of a reminder system (e.g., alarm) is a factor that promotes increased patient adherence to their treatments. The advantage of a vibrating reminder is that it is simple to use, very inexpensive, easy to implement in all hospital wards, and does not require additional human resources.
The main hypothesis of this study is that the use of a vibrating watch set to 6 reminders per day to prompt patients to perform muscle strengthening exercises or walk a distance determined by the rehabilitation professional will increase patients' functional capacity.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Triple blind (participant, investigator, outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | Device: Vibrating reminderRegardless of randomization, the physiotherapist will be able to provide the patient with the usual care, such as walking, muscle strengthening exercises, and respiratory physiotherapy if necessary. Self-rehabilitation exercises will be given to the patient, who will have to perform them independently. The exercises will be prescribed according to the patient's physical abilities and environmental constraints. A vibrating reminder will be given to the patient, set to go off six times a day. The patient will be required to perform the prescribed exercises each time the vibrating alarm goes off. Six vibrating reminders per day will be sent in the hope that the patient will be active at least three times a day, taking into account various constraints (visits, medical care, examinations, fatigue). |
| control | Sham comparator | Device: Control groupIn the control group, the physiotherapist will perform the usual treatments and apply the protocol described above in the experimental group, but will set the vibrating watch, to go off once a day. The patient will be advised to perform the exercises every hour independantly. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 50 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Patients aged 50 or over with a score of 4 or above on the Clinical Frailty Scale (vulnerable but not dependent patients, symptoms limiting activities, patients who are slower/more fatigued).
- Must be able to get up from a chair without assistance.
- Patients must be able to communicate with staff, understand instructions, give consent, and cooperate with staff.
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Patients with an estimated hospital stay of less than 5 days.
- Contraindications to physical activity determined by the medical team (e.g., cardiovascular instability, orthopedic contraindications, etc.).
- Terminal illness.
- Patients scheduled for surgery.
- Pregnant women.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Vibrating reminderThe exercises will be prescribed according to the patient's physical abilities and environmental constraints. A vibrating reminder will be given to the patient, set to go off six times a day. | Device | Intervention |
| Control groupAlso: usual careThe exercises will be prescribed according to the patient's physical abilities and environmental constraints. A vibrating reminder will be given to the patient, set to go off once time a day. | Device | control |
Primary outcome
SPPB
Time frame: Within 24 hours of admission and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital.
The SPPB (Short Physical Performance Battery) is the sum of scores on three criteria: the balance test, the walking speed test, and the chair rise test. This test assesses an individual's physical performance. The score ranges from 0 (lowest) to 12 (highest). The magnitude of change considered clinically relevant for the SPPB is 1 point.
7 secondary outcomes
Volume and intensity of physical activity
Time frame: Within 24 hours of admission and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital.
functional independancy
Time frame: Within 24 hours of admission and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital.
Patient compliance to the prescribed exercises
Time frame: Within 24 hours of baseline and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital
falls
Time frame: Within 24 hours of baseline and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital ; and at 3 months after discharge.
Volume and type of rehabilitation in-hospital
Time frame: Within 24 hours of baseline and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital
The volume and location of rehabilitation
Time frame: at 3 months after discharge
Health-related Quality of life
Time frame: 24 hours after admission, 48 hours before discharge, and 3 months after hospitalization
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 Oct 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Data type : deidentified participant data
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Léa Bansard, PT, MSc principal investigator
Groupe Hospitalier du Havre
Guillaume Prieur, PT, PhD principal investigator
Groupe Hospitalier du Havre
Yann Combret, PT, PhD study director
Groupe Hospitalier du Havre
4 sites in 2 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Vibrating reminder in people with Inpatients and Frail, run by Groupe Hospitalier du Havre at 4 sites in 2 countries.
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 7 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 4 sites in France, Belgium. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Guillaume Prieur, PT, PhD (+33630038824, guillaume.prieur@ch-havre.fr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
SPPB (time frame: Within 24 hours of admission and within 48 hours prior to discharge from hospital.). 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 7 Oct 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.