Smartphone app could save babies after heart surgery
NCT ID NCT06741189
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a home monitoring program can reduce complications and deaths in infants who had heart surgery. Parents will measure their child's heart rate, oxygen levels, and weight at home and send the data daily via a secure app. The program includes alerts for worrisome changes and a team response. 186 children aged 0-36 months will be followed for 6 months after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- home monitoring program (heart rate, oxygen, weight tracking via sensors and app)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could reduce serious complications and deaths after heart surgery in infants, and improve quality of life for families.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, single-center study. The monitoring may not catch all problems, and families might find it burdensome. Results may not apply to other 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 186 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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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0 minutes to 36 months
- 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 aged between 0 and 36 months inclusive * With a congenital heart defect * Underwent cardiac surgery at Nantes University Hospital * Affiliated to a social security scheme * Free, informed and written consent of the 2 holders of parental authority Non Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical or family situation contraindicating a return home * Physical inability to connect to the Exolis platform at home * Insufficient understanding on the part of those with parental authority * Extracardiac co-morbidities responsible for organ failure requiring repeated * Hospitalisation for non-cardiovascular reasons (e.g. severe renal failure, neurological neurological deficit, complex immune deficiency, etc). * Patient and/or parents under legal protection
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, France
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