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Snap your stitches: new app lets docs check wounds from home

NCT ID NCT07391735

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
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The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests a smartphone app called MyHealthPal that lets patients take and upload photos of their surgical wounds after surgery. An AI program and a healthcare provider review the images to predict infection risk. About 150 adults having certain surgeries will either use the app or receive standard care. The goal is to see if the app can reliably monitor healing and catch infections early without extra clinic visits.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
MyHealthPal smartphone app
What this could lead to
If successful, this app could help doctors spot wound infections earlier and reduce the need for in-person visits after surgery.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study with only 150 participants. The app's accuracy and patient compliance are still being tested, so it may not work for everyone.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 150 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Mar 2026

Expected to finish

Dec 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Adults (18 years old and older). * Ability to understand consent process and questionnaires. Patients with ready access to a smartphone, compatible smart device (operating system 5.0 version, also known as Lollipop, for Android and 13 or later version for iOS), smartphone aptitude, smartphone with sufficient memory space for the relevant app, and willingness to participate in the study as assessed by a questionnaire. * Patients undergoing one of the following surgeries within the Brigham and Women's Pain Management Practice: 1. Spinal cord stimulator implantation 2. Spinal cord stimulator explant 3. Spinal cord stimulator revision 4. Intrathecal pump implantation 5. Intrathecal pump explant 6. Intrathecal pump revision * Ability to attend all standard surgery follow-up appointments at Brigham and Women's Hospital. * Ability to understand and sign written informed consent documents. Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive or physical impairment that would prevent patient from entering data in MHP. * Any acute or chronic condition that would limit the ability of the patient to participate in the study. * Any patient who is experiencing an ongoing infection prior to undergoing a surgical revision/explant

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Wound Infection

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Wound infection and wound healing

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Brigham and Women's Pain Management Center - 850 Boylston St

    RECRUITING

    Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 02467, United States