Feasibility of Monitoring Patients During Radiotherapy Using Biometric Sensor Data: the OncoWatch Study 1.0

Rigshospitalet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer

Treatments: Device: Wearable sensor

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04613232

OncoWatch 1.0

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to determine the adherence to using an Apple Watch during curative intended radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Secondly it will bring new insights to the patient's activity levels and how heart rate varies during treatment course.

Full description

Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) experience severe side effects during radiotherapy (RT). Ongoing technological advances in wearable biometric sensors allow for real-time collection of objective data e.g. physical activity and heart rate, which in the future might help to detect and act against side effects before they become severe. A smartwatch such as the Apple Watch allows for objective data monitoring outside hospital with minimal effort for the patient. To find out if such tools can be implemented in the oncological setting feasibility studies are needed.

The aim of the study is to determine the adherence to using an Apple Watch during curative intended radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Secondly it will bring new insights to the patient's activity levels and how heart rate varies during treatment course.

The study will assess the feasibility of using the Apple Watch for home monitoring of patients with HNC. It will bring new insights to the patient's activity levels and how heart rate varies during treatment course. This is important knowledge before further investigating how biometric data can be used as part of symptom monitoring.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Danish patients ≥18 years planned to primary or post-operative curative radiotherapy for squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck at Rigshospitalet, University Hospital, Department of Oncology, Denmark.
• Able to read and speak Danish

Exclusion criteria

• Seious cognitive deficits

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Apple Watch

Experimental group

Description:

The research intervention is continuously monitoring of heart rate and physical activity (minimum 12h/day) with a smartwatch which is connected to a smartphone.

Treatment:

Device: Wearable sensor