Smart home monitoring could help pancreatic cancer patients avoid hospital stays
NCT ID NCT04263948
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested a home monitoring system for people with advanced pancreatic cancer receiving a strong chemotherapy called mFOLFIRINOX. The system tracked symptoms, activity, sleep, and weight using connected devices and an online platform. The goal was to see if early alerts could help doctors respond quickly to side effects and reduce emergency hospital visits. The study involved 58 patients in France over 7 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PiCaDo telemonitoring system (device and internet platform)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors detect problems earlier in pancreatic cancer patients on chemotherapy, potentially reducing emergency hospital visits and improving quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 58 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The monitoring system itself does not treat the cancer, and technical issues or patient non-use could limit its effectiveness.
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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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58 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2021
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- 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 to 85 years
- 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: -Histological or cytological diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma * Locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer * With or without previous surgery (pancreas and / or metastases) * Performance status of 0 or 1 according to WHO * Age between 18 and 85 years old included * No history of prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy * Absence of cutaneous or mucosal jaundice or skin pruritus * No proven thrombosis * Absence of heart disease or other pathology poorly controlled by current treatments * Bilirubinemia and alkaline phosphatases \<1.5 ULN (with or without stent) * Hematological, renal and hepatic laboratory tests authorizing the administration of mFOLFIRINOX * Affiliated subject or beneficiary of a social security scheme * Patient who freely signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Immediately resectable pancreatic cancer * No histological or cytological evidence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma * Performance status\> 1 (WHO) * Age \<18 and\> 85 years old * Prior administration of chemotherapy or radiotherapy * Skin jaundice and / or pruritus * Uncontrolled venous or arterial thrombosis * Co morbidity not controlled by a specific treatment * Biological anomalies contraindicating the administration of one or more drugs which make up FOLFIRINOX * Lack of GPRS coverage in the home * Patient participating in another clinical study * Protected patient: adult under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision * Pregnant, lactating or parturient woman * Patient hospitalized without consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique du Mousseau
Évry, IDF, 91000, France
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