Wireless body sensors tested on 13,000 patients to prevent hospital deaths
NCT ID NCT06644599
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a wireless monitoring system that tracks heart rate, oxygen levels, breathing, and blood pressure can help prevent deaths and serious complications in hospital patients. Over 13,000 adults admitted to general wards will be monitored continuously. The goal is to see if early detection of deterioration reduces deaths, cardiac arrests, and the need for intensive care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- wireless monitoring system (device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could become a standard way to continuously monitor hospital patients, potentially preventing many deaths and emergencies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large trial, but the device itself does not treat disease—it only alerts staff. Benefits depend on how quickly staff respond, and results may vary across hospitals.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 13,160 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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14 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Ward level Inpatient wards, defined as wards used to manage adult inpatients. Patient level 1. Aged 14 years or older 2. Checked in as inpatient status to one of the study wards Exclusion Criteria: Ward level 1. Cardiology, pediatric, obstetric wards 2. ICUs and emergency departments 3. Operating rooms 4. Outpatient clinics 5. Daycare wards, endoscopy, outpatient procedure areas, hemodialysis units Patient level No commitment for full life support at the time of arrival to the study ward (designated as Do-Not-Resuscitate status)
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
RECRUITINGRiyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
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