Your phone may soon check your blood pressure – no cuff needed!
NCT ID NCT06577688
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study explores whether a smartphone can reliably screen for high blood pressure by analyzing video recorded at your fingertip. About 100 adults will record their blood pressure using both a smartphone and a standard arm cuff, three times each morning and evening for a week. Researchers will compare the two methods to see if the phone can accurately detect hypertension.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
Who is studied
For this study, the aim is to reach balanced classes, with at least 40% of non-hypertensive patients and 40% of hypertensive patients. In order to approach such distributions, both healthy volunteers and patients suspected of hypertension visiting the CHUV Hypertensive Unit for diagnosis confirmation will be recruited.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Informed consent as documented by signature * Men or women older than 18 years old * Good understanding of written and oral speaking used at the center where the study will be carried out Exclusion Criteria: * Patients that cannot sign informed consent * Patients in emergency situation, are not legally competent, cannot understand the situation or are vulnerable * Unable to participate due to pain or stress \[12\] * Known or suspected non-compliance (e.g. drug or alcohol abuse, language problems, psychological disorders, dementia) * Patients older than 80 years old \[4\] \[13\] * Known pregnancy * Known unstable cardiac condition (myocardial infarction \< 1 week, decompensated heart failure, pulmonary embolism) * End-stage renal disease (GFR \< 15/min/1.73m2 and/or dialysis) \[4\] \[14\] \[15\] \[16\] * Diabetes mellitus \[15\] \[8\] * Known (or assessed by recording heart rate and using pulse palpation, as recommended in ESC/ESH guidelines \[1\]) cardiac arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation, numerous extrasystoles and important bradycardia/bradyarrhythmia, bigeminy, trigeminy, isolated VPB) \[4\] \[1\] \[7\] \[15\] \[17\] * SBP or DBP difference between two arms \>10 mmHg \[8\] \[18\] * Patient with finger lesions that would alter the correct capture of signals by the mobile phone. * Known mobile phone contact dermatitis (caused by metal allergens, notably nickel and chromium * Incapacity of properly using the smartphone (i.e. incapacity of obtaining a recording with sufficient signal quality after the dedicated training)
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Conditions
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital Lausanne
RECRUITINGLausanne, Canton of Vaud, 1011, Switzerland
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University Hospital Lausanne CHUV
RECRUITINGLausanne, 1011, Switzerland
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