Can a smartwatch prevent a second stroke?
NCT ID NCT07640360
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tests whether an active smartwatch that gives real-time feedback, combined with regular nurse coaching, can help people who had a minor stroke or TIA walk more each day. Fifty participants will be randomly assigned to either an active smartwatch or a passive one that just tracks steps. The goal is to see if the active group increases their daily steps by at least 1,500 over 12 weeks, which could lower the risk of another stroke.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- smartwatch with structured feedback and nurse-led coaching
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help stroke survivors increase physical activity and lower their risk of another stroke.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot trial with only 50 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention relies on patient motivation and technology adherence.
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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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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.
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40 to 75 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: * Age ≤ 40-75 * Patients with recent minor ischemic stroke or TIA, initial NIHSS ≤5 (\< 30 days) * mRS ≤2 before stroke and on discharge * Patient with Wifi access (for data transmission) * Able to understand smartwatch instructions * Written informed consent * Ambulatory ≥10 meters without assistance and without walking aid * Expected to live at home during the study period. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with transient neurological deficits resolving within one hour and normal brain imaging will be excluded * Not affiliated to social security * Patient under legal protection or deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision * Patient whose follow-up will be impossible * Cognitive impairment interfering with participation (e.g., MoCA \<20). * Unstable cardiac conditions preventing walking goals. * Major visual or upper limb impairment preventing use of the smartwatch. * Life expectancy \<1 year. * Already highly active (\>10,000 steps/day, or about 1.5 hours of walking). * Participation in competing interventional trials.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Brest
Brest, 29200, France
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