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Can a smart monitor get you home faster after surgery?

NCT ID NCT06584825

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of British Columbia Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether using a device to continuously monitor heart rate, oxygen, and blood pressure after surgery — both in the hospital and at home — helps patients spend more days at home in the first month. About 110 adults having major abdominal or vascular surgery will be randomly assigned to enhanced monitoring or standard care. The goal is to see if this approach is practical and improves recovery.

What this could mean

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Active substance
enhanced vital sign monitoring device (Philips monitor)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could show that better monitoring after surgery helps patients recover at home sooner and reduces hospital visits.
What could go wrong
This is a small pilot study with only 110 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The monitoring devices may cause false alarms or be inconvenient.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

About 110 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Nov 2025

Expected to finish

Dec 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

19 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Undergoing inpatient major abdominal (general surgery, urology, or gynecology) or vascular surgery at St. Paul's Hospital (SPH) and Mount Saint Joseph (MSJ) Hospital 2. Length of stay of at least 48 hours (planned by the clinical team, or by the Canadian Institute of Health Information Discharge Abstract Database Expected Length of Stay (ELOS) for the surgical case mix group 3. Self-reported fluency in reading and speaking in English for patient or home caregiver 4. Living within British Columbia, Canada and in an area that is covered by Bell cellular network (the Cloud DX Inc. device has cellular Long Term Evolution (LTE) using the Bell network). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient refusal 2. Transplant surgery, since these patients have a unique set of considerations and postoperative course. 3. Inability to communicate with research personnel, perform self-monitoring of vital signs, or complete study surveys due to cognitive, language, visual, or hearing barriers 4. Lack of capacity to consent to the study (including under the active influence of sedative medication or having received general anesthetic within the past 24 hours) 5. Unable to use (or does not have a caregiver who can help put on/take off) study monitoring device at home 6. Preoperatively known planned discharge to a nursing home or rehabilitation facility 7. Patient with known allergic reactions to any part material of the device 8. Unable to monitor blood pressure accurately noninvasively using arm blood pressure cuffs, such as due to underlying vascular anatomy or non-pulsatile blood flow physiology 9. Unlikely to be able to return the home monitoring kit (no fixed address, living too far away from site, etc.)

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

urinary system disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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General surgery Gynecology Post operative complications Quality of recovery Surgery Urology Vascular surgery

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Mount Saint Joseph's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V5T 3N4, Canada

  • St. Paul's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 1Y6, Canada

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