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Your phone could help doctors understand surgery recovery better

NCT ID NCT06352710

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study uses a smartphone app to track how patients feel before and after neurosurgery for conditions like disc disease, spine instability, brain tumors, or aneurysms. Researchers aim to understand normal recovery patterns and how complications affect well-being. 400 adults who own a smartphone and are scheduled for specific surgeries will participate. The goal is to improve how recovery is measured and help doctors give better information to future patients.

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Study facts

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Participants

About 400 people

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

Started

Jun 2023

Expected to finish

Dec 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Who is studied

All patients undergoing either one of the defined non-urgent surgical interventions on the neurocranium or the spine interested in participating in this study will be considered. Patients admitted urgently will only be considered if the surgery is not performed on the day of hospital admission, to allow for the baseline evaluation.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years * The patient must be able to consent * The patient is willing to provide data upon one year after surgery * The patient possesses and is capable of using a smartphone (Android or iOS operative systems) * The patient has the necessary language and cognitive skills to use the smartphone app * The patient is scheduled for one of the defined operations (see above for both spinal and cranial) and in a stable, non-life-threatening situation (admitted to the regular ward or intermediate care unit (IMC)) * Baseline preoperative SWI and QoL assessment is possible (minimum requirement is one assessment, the latest the day before surgery) Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Foreseeable difficulties using the smartphone or smartphone app * The presence of a condition that hinders the baseline preoperative assessment * Health conditions that render inclusion unsafe (e.g., untreated ruptured intracranial aneurysm or congestive heart failure; in general, all patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU))

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Alzheimer disease Aneurysm brain cancer brain neoplasm intervertebral disk degenerative disorder lumbar disk degenerative disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Aneurysm Brain tumor Disc disease Instabilities lumbar

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Kantonsspital St.Gallen

    RECRUITING

    Sankt Gallen, St.Gallen, 9007, Switzerland

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