Smartphone app aims to help surgery patients take the right meds at the right time
NCT ID NCT05707247
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study tested a smartphone-based decision support system designed to help patients manage medications that are taken only when needed after surgery. The study involved 37 adults who had surgery at a French hospital. Researchers compared the app's recommendations to those made by a nurse using standard best-practice guidelines to see if the app's advice was reliable.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- smartphone-based decision support software
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this tool could help patients manage their own post-surgery medications more safely and reduce the workload on hospital staff.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (37 participants) testing feasibility only, not effectiveness. The software may not improve outcomes or may be difficult for some patients to use.
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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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37 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Finished
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Jul 2023
- 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 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: * Male or Female 18 years or older (no upper age limit) * Operated within a surgical department of of the Hautepierre University Hospitals of Strasbourg * Patient understanding and reading French * Subject neurosensorially able of interacting with a tactile electronical interface * Subject able to understand research objectives, risks and provide dated and signed informed consent * Subject covered by a health insurance scheme Exclusion criteria: * Patient with neuropsychiatric or sensory disorders that may interfere with their use of the visual interface * Unable to provide informed information (subject in emergency, difficulty understanding the subject, etc.) * Pregnant or lactating woman (on declaration) * Patient under safeguard of justice, under guardianship, under curatorship
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, 67000, France