Could wireless sensors replace wires for newborn monitoring?
NCT ID NCT06693817
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether a new wireless skin sensor system can safely and accurately monitor the heart rate, breathing, oxygen levels, and temperature of healthy newborns right after birth. 600 babies will wear both the wireless sensors and standard wired monitors for the first two hours of life. The goal is to see if the wireless system works as well as the wired one, with less skin irritation and more freedom for parents to hold their baby.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a safer, less intrusive way to monitor newborns in the delivery room, potentially reducing skin damage and allowing parents to hold their baby more easily.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early feasibility study, not a treatment trial. The wireless system may prove less accurate or reliable than wired monitors, and results may not apply to sick or premature babies.
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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 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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35 to 42 weeks
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: 1. Newborns ≥35 weeks (gestational age) 2. Newborns determined to be clinically stable at delivery 3. Newborns with no skin abnormalities Exclusion criteria: 1. Newborns ≤ 35 weeks (gestational age) 2. Newborns determined to not be clinically stable at delivery 3. Newborns with Skin abnormalities
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites in 4 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Universitário da Universidade Estadual de Londrina
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLondrina, Paraná, 86038-350, Brazil
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Lucerne Cantonal Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
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Montreal Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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Nuovo Ospedale degli Infermi
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPonderano, BI, 13875, Italy
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Royal Victoria Hospital
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, Canada
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