Sunbit UV Measuring Device to Track Sun Behavior

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Skin Neoplasms; Immunosuppression

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02221843

KEK2013-0283_Sunbit

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sunbit is a new wearable UV dosimeter to measure solar radiation in real time. The purpose of this study is to track sun behavior of patients at high risk for skin cancer, to investigate the feasibility of this prototype in daily life and to investigate the technical accuracy of the Sunbit.

Full description

A total of 20 patients will be included to wear the Sunbit system during the time of 4 weeks. After this 4 weeks Sunbit will be recollected and data in the form of UV Indices will be extracted and analyzed.

Patients will be recruited in the Department of Dermatology of the University Hospital Zürich. The target population comprises patients with a high risk of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, thus especially patients with an immunosuppressive therapy due to organ transplantation.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 years
• History of skin cancer (melanoma or NMSC) or patients with high risk of skin cancer (e.g. immunosuppressive therapy)
• Oral and written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Any medical condition that renders the patient bedridden for the duration of 2 weeks