Could home monitoring replace half of clinic visits for lung fibrosis?
NCT ID NCT06883448
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether people with pulmonary fibrosis can safely replace half of their regular clinic visits with home monitoring. Participants will use a home spirometer, pulse oximeter, and a smartphone app to track their health and communicate with their care team. The goal is to see if this approach helps patients better manage their own health while reducing the burden of frequent hospital visits.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- home monitoring care (spirometer, pulse oximeter, app)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that home monitoring is a safe and effective way to reduce hospital visits for people with pulmonary fibrosis, improving their quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage implementation study with no direct treatment. It may not show clear benefits, and results may not apply to all patients or healthcare settings.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
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
-
About 220 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
-
Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * A multidisciplinary ILD team diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis according to ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT guidelines; * Adults (=/\>18 years). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are not able to speak, read and/or write in Dutch; * Patients with no access to the internet; * Patients with a life expectancy of less than 1 year as determined by the treating healthcare provider; * Patients who are or have been using a home monitoring program for PF.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Interstitial lung disease (ILD) are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
11 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Rijnstate Hospital
RECRUITINGArnhem, Netherlands
-
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zuyderland Medical Centre
RECRUITINGHeerlen, Netherlands
-
Department of Pulmonology, Haaglanden Medisch Centrum
RECRUITINGThe Hague, Netherlands
-
Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center
RECRUITINGLeiden, Netherlands
-
Department of Pulmonology, Medical Center Leeuwarden
RECRUITINGLeeuwarden, Netherlands
-
Department of Pulmonology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
RECRUITINGAmsterdam, Netherlands
-
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amphia Hospital
RECRUITINGBreda, Netherlands
-
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Catharina Hospital
RECRUITINGEindhoven, Netherlands
-
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Center of Excellence for Interstitial Lung Disease, Erasmus University Medical Center
RECRUITINGRotterdam, Netherlands
-
Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University
RECRUITINGUtrecht, Netherlands
-
Interstitial Lung Diseases Center of Excellence, Department of Pulmonology, St Antonius Hospital
RECRUITINGNieuwegein, Netherlands
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can a common steroid shield breast cancer patients from a dangerous drug side effect?
- Can Device-Preserved donor lungs boost transplant success?
- Patients and families build a living database of pulmonary fibrosis
- Breathing exercises put to the test for scarred lungs
- Can laser guidance make lung biopsies safer and more accurate?
- Sharper CT scans may solve a lung disease diagnostic puzzle