Phone app aims to keep patients out of the hospital
NCT ID NCT06655337
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a smartphone app called Medidux can help people who were admitted to the hospital with non-urgent issues like cough, back pain, or belly pain. About 417 adults will either use the app to track symptoms for 7 days after discharge or receive standard care. The goal is to see if the app reduces hospital readmissions and emergency visits within a week.
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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 417 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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Inclusion Criteria: * Signed Informed Consent Form (ICF) * Age ≥ 18 years * (Self-)admission to the involved Acute Admissions Unit (AAU) * "Lead symptom" identified as coughing, back pain or abdominal discomfort * Participant within ESI triage system group 4 (standard) and 5 (non-urgent) * German-speaking * Ownership of a smartphone or other mobile device with iOS or Android operating system Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Participant whose compliance to the study's protocol, e.g. due to mental health problems, physical problems, or the private life situation, can be justifiably doubted * Participant with insufficient knowledge about the use of a smartphone or other mobile device with iOS or Android operating system * Participant already using or planning to use another comparable electronic patient-reported symptom monitoring system (e.g. CANKADO) during this trial
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Notfallzentrum See-Spital Horgen
RECRUITINGHorgen, Canton of Zurich, 8810, Switzerland
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