Gum-Sized AI device could prevent deadly potassium spikes in kidney patients
NCT ID NCT06901960
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests a small, AI-powered ECG device that looks like a stick of gum to help people with moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease monitor their potassium levels at home. Participants will use the device at least twice a week and receive alerts if levels are abnormal. The goal is to see if frequent monitoring reduces dangerous high potassium episodes over six months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI-enhanced electrocardiogram device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could help people with chronic kidney disease avoid dangerous high potassium levels by catching them early and prompting action.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early-stage trial with 1066 participants, and the device's accuracy may vary in real-world use. It is not a treatment for kidney disease itself.
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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 1,066 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- 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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18 to 99 years
- 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: * Patients with chronic kidney disease stages 3b-5 (eGFR: 10 - \<45 ml/min/1.73m²) * Patients with regular visits in the study sites to manage their chronic kidney disease (≥ 1 visit per 3 months during the past year before enrollment) * Willingness to participate in the study with signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients already under kidney replacement therapy or will receive kidney replacement therapy in 6 months * Unwillingness or without the ability to monitor hyperkalemia using the study device * Patients with heart pacemaker implanted
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. 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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Hubei Provincial Hospital of TCM
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, 430063, China
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Peking University First Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100034, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNanning, Guangxi, 530021, China
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