NCT03275714

Evaluation of an App for Smartphones for People With a Bipolar Affective Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Graz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary objective of the clinical trial is to evaluate the data of an app for smartphones (BiP-App) with regard to sleep, movement, mood and communication behavior. The data will be compared between two groups: people with a bipolar affective disorder and individuals without a psychiatric disorder. Secondary objective of the trial is to investigate if it is possible to detect early warning symptoms of depressive / (hypo) manic episodes via the measured behavior patterns. Furthermore it will be evaluated whether the BiP-app can find applicability in the examined patient group. Study design: Clinical evaluation of a medical device without CE mark; Parallel study design

Conditions

• Bipolar Affective Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Smartphone APP	Participants use the BiP-App for 6 months. The app continuously records data on light and motion sensors, as well as Global Positioning System (GPS) and mood surveys.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-11-20
• Completion: 2019-11-20
• First posted: 2017-09-07
• Last updated: 2019-12-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria