Swallow a thermometer? new study tests pill that takes your temperature from inside
NCT ID NCT04174053
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a small, swallowable capsule can accurately measure body temperature in 30 hospitalized patients with blood cancers who have very low immunity (neutropenia). Researchers compared the capsule's temperature readings to standard ear thermometer measurements. The goal was to see if this high-tech method could help doctors detect fevers earlier and start treatments faster.
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Study facts
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- 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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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2019
- Finished
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Jul 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Major patient admitted to USIH for an aplasia episode of at least 7 days secondary to: * autograft conditioned by melphalan (MLP) or BEAM (BICNU, Etoposide, Aracytine, Melphalan) chemotherapy * Aracytin chemotherapy High dose (HD) or intermediate dose (DI) * Signed informed consent; * Affiliated or beneficiary of a social protection scheme. Exclusion Criteria: * Diarrhea (\> 3 stools /day) at the time of inclusion * Occlusive syndrome at the time of inclusion or patient at risk of developing occlusive syndrome * Persons with or likely to have intestinal disorders that may lead to obstruction of the digestive tract, including diverticulitis * People with digestive tract motility disorders * Persons equipped with a pacemaker or an electro-medical implant * Weight \< 40 kg or BMI \> 30 * Patient for whom an MRI examination may be indicated during the trial period * Patient with proven swallowing disorders * Refusal to participate in the study * Induction of acute leukaemia or allograft * Person under guardianship or curatorship, or deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision * Pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding women; * Patient unable to understand the study for any reason or to comply with the constraints of the trial (language, psychological, geographical problem, etc.) * Patient who has already been included in the TEMPET trial during treatment
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Henri Becquerel
Rouen, 76000, France
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