Clinical trial · Observational
Mobile Health Technology for Palliative Care Patients
Mobile Health Technologies for Palliative Care Patients at the Interface of In-patient to Out-patient Care: A Feasibility Study Aiming to Early Predict Deterioration of Patient's Health Status
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
To test the potential and acceptance of wireless activity tracking in palliative care patients leaving hospital care. Explorative study, collaboration project of the Clinic of Radiation-Oncology, University Hospital Zurich and the Wearable Computing Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institut of Technology. Patients receive a tracking bracelet and a smart phone in order to gather objective physical activity parameters as step count, sleep duration, heart rate, social activity patterns (e.g. making calls) as well as subjective ratings of pain and distress. Quality of life (QoL) will be captured by paper questionnaire. Correlations between patients' physical activity patterns and the pain and distress level assessed from electronic scales as well as QoL-questionnaire will be performed. Acceptance will be evaluated by quantitative questionnaires and interviews. The proposed study is meant to be preparatory work for an intervention study to test the effect of wireless monitoring of palliative care patients on fostering early interventions for symptom relief and support of QoL.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Disease | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Metastatic Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Mobile Health | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Health | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
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[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Feasibility (time of complete data transfer in weeks)
- timeFrame
- 12 weeks
- description
- time of complete data transfer in weeks
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 105 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * established diagnosis of metastatic cancer or other severe illness with limited life-expectancy (physicians guess \<12 months, \> 8 weeks) * Karnofsky Index ≥50% * ECOG≤ 2 * aged \> 18 years * passed a short handling test with devices (tracking bracelet, smart phone) Exclusion Criteria: * relevant cognitive impairment * insufficient knowledge of German language.
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