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Your cell phone could reveal your Body's hidden clock

NCT ID NCT02249793

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

Summary

This study looked at whether patterns in cell phone use (like calls and texts) are linked to blood pressure and metabolism over a 24-hour day. Six healthy adults aged 25-35 with Android phones participated. The goal was to better understand how daily behaviors relate to body functions, not to test a treatment.

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Study facts

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Participants

6 people

The number who actually took part.

Start date

Sep 2014

Finished

Dec 2017

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Who is studied

Healthy volunteers

Ages

25 to 35 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Volunteers must be in good health as based on medical history, physical examination, vital signs, and laboratory tests as deemed by PI; * Volunteers are capable of giving informed consent; * 25-35 years of age; * Own a cell phone with internet access (smartphone with Android operating system only at this point) which installs the social sensing application ginger.io; * Non-smoking; * Male subjects only if feasible during recruitment; and * In case female volunteers are invited to enroll: non-pregnant, female subjects must consent to a urine pregnancy test. Exclusion Criteria: * Recent travel across time zones (within the past month); * Planned travel across time zones during the planned study activities; * Volunteers with irregular work hours, e.g. night shifts. * Use of illicit drugs; * Subjects, who have received an experimental drug, used an experimental medical device within 30 days prior to screening, or who gave a blood donation of ≥ one pint within 8 weeks prior to screening. * Subjects with any abnormal laboratory value or physical finding that according to the investigator may interfere with interpretation of the study results, be indicative of an underlying disease state, or compromise the safety of a potential subject.

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Conditions

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Social Behavior

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

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