Phone app aims to catch symptoms early and keep patients out of the hospital
NCT ID NCT05282654
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a smartphone app that tracks symptoms can help prevent complications after hospital discharge. Researchers will enroll 1,300 adults with multiple chronic conditions leaving the hospital. The app alerts doctors to concerning symptoms in real time, aiming to reduce emergency visits and readmissions.
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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 1,300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2022
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (18 years or older) * Hospitalized on the general medicine services at Brigham and Women's Hospital or Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital for at least 24 hours * Have a discharge status of home, home with services, or facility * English-speaking patients or their English-speaking legally designated healthcare proxy or next of kin (i.e., a family caregiver) * Non-English-speaking patients who have an English-speaking legally designated healthcare proxy or next of kin (i.e., a family caregiver) * Two or more chronic conditions: Anxiety, Asthma\*, Arthritis (Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid), Atrial Fibrillation, Cancer\*, Cerebral vascular accident, Chronic kidney disease\*, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)\*, Cirrhosis, Coronary artery disease/Ischemic heart disease, Dementia, Depression, Diabetes mellitus\*, End-stage renal disease\*, Heart failure\*, Hepatitis B, C\*, HIV/AIDs, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Inflammatory bowel disease, Osteoporosis, Sickle cell disease, Substance abuse (Alcohol/Opioid) Exclusion Criteria: * Less than 18 years of age * Less than two chronic conditions * Hospitalized less than 24 hours * No identifiable healthcare proxy or next of kin (i.e., a family caregiver)
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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