Smartphone check-ups after colon surgery may cut hospital returns
NCT ID NCT06850688
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a remote monitoring platform can help patients recover at home after colorectal surgery and avoid being readmitted to the hospital. About 362 adults who had or will have colorectal surgery will be randomly assigned to either 30 days of remote monitoring with connected devices or standard discharge care. Researchers will track hospital readmissions and total days spent in the hospital up to 90 days 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
- Remote monitoring platform (EPOCA Intelligence Information System) with connected devices like oximeters and blood pressure monitors
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could reduce hospital readmissions and shorten hospital stays after colorectal surgery, improving recovery at home.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study focused on monitoring, not a new treatment. The technology may not reduce readmissions or could be inconvenient for some patients.
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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 362 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
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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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 : * Man or woman over 18 years old at the time of the J0 visit, * Patient who underwent surgery less than 28 days ago, or who is scheduled to undergo colorectal surgery not managed as an outpatient procedure at the investigational center, including resection of at least one colonic or rectal segment and/or an anastomosis involving the colon or rectum, * At least one of the following two criteria: * Anticipated early discharge (within 24 hours following laparoscopic surgery without stoma and without diversion, and within 5 days following laparotomy and/or surgery with stoma and/or rectal surgery) for a procedure that is not usually managed as an outpatient surgery in routine practice, * Estimated risk of hospital readmission greater than 10% according to the nomogram of Tevis et al. \[15\], adapted to the postoperative context in digestive surgery (\>120 points according to this score). * Patient affiliated with a health insurance plan, * Patient who has signed the study consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Discharge to a rehabilitation center requested by the patient, * Condition managed on an outpatient basis in routine practice for this type of patient, * Patient eligible for home hospitalization services, * Suicidal or hetero-aggressive risk in a patient living alone at home * Homeless patient, * Pregnant or breastfeeding women, * Patient under legal guardianship, curatorship, or protected legal status, * Patient already enrolled in an interventional postoperative follow-up study.
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How to take part
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The places running it
14 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU Tours
RECRUITINGTours, France
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CHU Angers
RECRUITINGAngers, France
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CHU Grenoble
RECRUITINGGrenoble, France
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CHU Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, France
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CHU Rennes
RECRUITINGRennes, France
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CHU Timone - Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille
RECRUITINGMarseille, France
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CHU Toulouse
RECRUITINGToulouse, France
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Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud
RECRUITINGLyon, France
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Clinique Mutualiste de l'estuaire
RECRUITINGSaint-Nazaire, France
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Clinique Tivoli- Ducos
RECRUITINGBordeaux, France
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Hôpital Nord - Assistance publique- Hôpitaux de Marseille
RECRUITINGMarseille, France
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Hôpital Saint Antoine - Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
RECRUITINGParis, France
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Hôpital de Bicêtre - Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
RECRUITINGParis, France
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Institut Paoli Calmettes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMarseille, France
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