NCT03857061

A Wearable and a Self-management Application for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients at Home

COPDwear V2 - A Wearable and a Self-management Application for COPD Patients at Home: a Pilot Prospective Cohort Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Our overall research goal for this project is to create a wearable device and mobile application, appealing to patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which provides them with appropriate self-management tools and detects AECOPDs early to permit prompt treatment and prevent severe exacerbations requiring hospitalization.

Detailed description

Our overall research goal for this project is to create a wearable device and mobile application, appealing to patients with COPD, which provides them with appropriate self-management tools and detects Acute Exacerbations of COPD (AECOPDs) early to permit prompt treatment and prevent severe exacerbations requiring hospitalization. Currently, the investigators are developing a second version of this app, WearCOPDv2. This app will incorporate features identified as being desirable from our patient interviews: 1) new sensor that was requested by patients - oxygen saturation, and 2) the app will incorporate a patient-facing interface as patients requested a method to view their data as well as access to information to learn how to manage their condition better. Research questions: Can an app designed for patients with COPD that includes biosensor feedback improve self-management of COPD? What is the accuracy of our sensor data (heart rate, activity, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, coughing, and other sounds of interest) in detecting early AECOPDs?

Conditions

• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	smartphone, smartwatch, WearCOPDv2 application	WearCOPD2 consists of hardware and software components. 6.1 Hardware The hardware for wearCOPDv2 consists of three main components; (1) a smartwatch, (2) a phone, and (3) a server. 6.2 Software The wearCOPDv2 system has two main software components: 1. Data collection service 2. Participant user interface

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-29
• Primary completion: 2021-06-01
• Completion: 2023-12-30
• First posted: 2019-02-27
• Last updated: 2025-01-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada