Step on it: bathroom scales may soon check your artery stiffness
NCT ID NCT05823025
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether Withings bathroom scales can accurately measure pulse wave velocity (PWV), a key indicator of vascular stiffness. Researchers will compare readings from the scales with a standard medical device in 176 adults, including those with high blood pressure, sleep apnea, or COPD. If accurate, these scales could offer a convenient home screening tool for artery health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- bathroom scales
- What this could lead to
- If successful, these scales could provide a simple, at-home way to check vascular stiffness, helping detect early signs of heart or blood vessel problems.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on accuracy, not treatment. The scales may not be precise enough for medical use, and results may not apply to everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 176 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patient have chronic disease (hypertension, sleep apnea, BPCO) likely to have a high PWV.
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * The subject is an adult, man or woman (18 years old or more), * Subjects affiliated or eligible to a social security system, * Subjects having expressed their consent to take part in the study. * Two subsets of patients will be included in the study : * Hypertensive patient * Patient having sleep apnea or COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Exclusion Criteria: * Minors under 18 years old, * Subject is pregnant, * Subjects having a pacemaker or an ICD (Implantable cardioverter defibrillator), * Subjects having refused to give their consent, * Vulnerable subjects according to the French regulation in force: * Individuals deprived of liberty by a court, medical or administrative order, * Individuals legally protected or unable to express their consent to take part in the study, * Individuals unaffiliated to or not beneficiary of a social security system, * Individuals who fit in multiple categories above, * Individuals linguistically or mentally unable to express their consent, * Individuals having a lower limb amputation bigger than toes, * Individuals not able to stand still for a few minutes.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Grenoble
Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 38043, France
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Georges Pompidou European Hospital
Paris, Île-de-France Region, 78015, France
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