Smartwatches track cancer symptoms at home
NCT ID NCT07463547
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study explores whether wearable devices, like smartwatches, can help monitor symptoms in cancer survivors. Twenty participants will wear a sensor-packed device that tracks temperature, heart rate, sleep, and activity. Researchers will see how many people agree to use the wearable and how well they stick with it, and compare the data to symptom reports from a phone app. The goal is to learn if this approach is practical and useful for improving remote cancer care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Wearable device (smartwatch with sensors for temperature, heart rate, sleep, and activity)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that wearables are a practical way to monitor cancer survivors' symptoms at home, potentially improving care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 20 participants. It is not designed to prove that wearables improve health outcomes, only that they can be used.
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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 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Feb 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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: (1) ≥18 years of age; (2) diagnosed with cancer; (3) enrolled in the ePRO RSM program at O'Neal CCC; (4) uses a smart phone compatible with the wearable. Exclusion criteria: (1) Lack of English fluency and literacy; (2) Medical condition that makes the person unable to participate, at PI discretion.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35249, United States
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