Smartwatch data could ease cancer symptoms in new study
NCT ID NCT07518797
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a digital platform called Beacon can help doctors better manage symptoms in people with advanced cancer. About 40 patients will wear smartwatches and answer questions about how they feel. The platform combines this data to give doctors a clearer picture of each patient's symptoms, aiming to improve care and quality of life.
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Study facts
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- 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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Outpatients treated and followed at the Davidoff Center * Stage III-IV cancer * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-3 * Age: 18 and older * Have not been engaged with the ambulatory palliative service over the last three months * Speaks and reads a language supported by the study protocol (e.g., Hebrew, Arabic, English) * Able to wear a smartwatch/sensor for prolonged periods and independently operate the app * Actively symptomatic patients requiring palliative care (not long-term stable survivors) * Enrolled in another clinical study if the existing study allows Exclusion Criteria: * Patient without active disease * Patients are actively engaged with the ambulatory palliative service in the - Davidoff Center or elsewhere * Patient with chronic stable symptoms (\>6 months) related to their cancer or treatment * ECOG \> 3 * Does not speak and read languages supported by the study protocol (e.g., Hebrew, Arabic, English) * Legal incompetence * Does not or cannot use a smartphone, or is unable to fill out questionnaires/record messages, or is unable to wear a smartwatch/sensor, or operate the app independently
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Davidoff Center, Rabin Medical Center
Petah Tikva, 49100, Israel
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