Cancer Clinical Trial
Official title:
Continous Monitoring of Vital Signs on Hospitalized Cancer Patients.
Clinical Data Validation of a Novel Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring System in Cancer
Patients Background The Cortrium C3 device is a novel, inexpensive, chest-worn unit designed
for measuring vital sign parameters. The unit is capable of logging and wireless transmitting
data describing pulse, respiratory rate, body surface temperature, ambient temperature and
accelerometer data (1,2). The C3 device is developed as a diagnostic tool in the medical
practice to meet the demand for a modern reliable and open medical grad vital sign monitoring
system. The device is based on state-of-the-art technologies and is produced using high
quality off-the-shelf components. Although, new technologies may be of high value to the
health care system, studies show that the quality of technologies vary and more empiric data
is needed to either support or reject the advantages of using intelligent health technologies
at home (3-5). Besides measuring the actual quality of C3, it is therefore also important to
evaluate how patients experience quality in relation to C3 in addition to an evaluation of
perspectives from the health professionals.
Objective The objective of the study is to validate measurements of pulse, frequency of
respiration, and temperature obtained with the C3 device by comparison with routinely used
hospital equipment. Further, the objective is to gain knowledge about how patients experience
to be monitored with C3 and how hospital staff experience working with C3.
Design and participants The study is carried out on cancer patients at the Department of
Oncology, Naestved Hospital, Region Zealand, Denmark (DONZ). Collaborating partners are
Cortrium, University College Zealand and Sundhedsinnovation Zealand.
The study consists of a quantitative and a qualitative part. The quantitative study is a
cross-sectional study of paired measures of vital sign parameters (pulse, respiratory rate
and temperature) measured by the C3 device and standard hospital equipment used at DONZ. The
qualitative study is planned as observational studies and semi-structured interviews with
patients, who have been monitored with C3 and health professionals who have been involved in
treatment or care of monitored patients. Recruitment of participants will take place amongst
newly hospitalized patients at DONZ. It is planned to include approximately 40 patients in
February and March 2016.
Side effects, risks and inconveniences No major side effects are related to wearing and being
monitored by the C3 device. The device has been tested on healthy volunteers and reports of
inconveniences are mostly related to the adhesive ECG-electrodes that can irritate the skin.
However, a wide array of electrodes are commercially available to fit the individual needs.
Some might find wearing the device stigmatizing and/or inconvenient.
In addition, the C3 device is marked CE class I. Hence, requirements for prevention of
adverse effects are met. As an example, this includes two fuses between the battery and the
electrodes, minimizing the risk of current for the battery entering the body even in the
event of device failure. The device has not yet been approved for commercialization.
Ethics and anonymization All data collected in the study is done according to the guidelines
of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for medical device studies (6). All data is anonymized, and
is protected according to national law: "Lov om behandling af personoplysninger". The project
has been reported to "Datatilsynet" [the Data Protection Agency].
Test subjects are secured access to further information about the study through their
assigned nurse or email and telephone.
Approvals The study has been approved by the Danish Ethical Comity: SJ-460, and The Danish
Medicines Agency: journal number 2015120113.
Clinical Data Validation of a Novel Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring System in Cancer
Patients
Background The Cortrium C3 device is a novel, inexpensive, chest-worn unit designed for
measuring vital sign parameters. The unit is capable of logging and wireless transmitting
data describing pulse (electrocardiogram), respiratory rate, body surface temperature,
ambient temperature and accelerometer data. The C3 device is developed as a diagnostic tool
in the medical practice to meet the demand for a modern reliable, and open medical grad vital
sign monitoring system. The device is based on state-of-the-art technologies and is produced
using high quality off-the-shelf components.
In Denmark, 80 % of the total health finances are used to treat and care for persons with
chronical diseases. The number of chronically ill citizen is increasing, and at the same time
the demographic development implies an increasingly older population (1). New health
technologies are seen as one of the future solutions of economic and demographic challenges
of the healthcare system. In addition, continuously wireless monitoring of ill patients at
home or in a clinical setting may facilitate early detection of critical development of vital
signs in patients. Thus, it is believed that introduction of new smart and wireless
technologies will affect and alter todays manually performed gold standard methods of
measuring vital sign parameters. The C3 device is such a technology.
The patients participating in the project are cancer patients in the Department of Oncology,
Naestved Hospital, Region Zealand, Denmark. The cancer patients affiliated to the Department
are monitoring body temperature at home, and it is often fever (> 38,5 ° C) that is the cause
of hospitalization. Thus, continuously measurement of the temperature at home by the C3
device could be helpful in detection of temperature rise. However, in the literature surface
temperature above sternum has not been correlated to core temperature. In fact, no direct
association between surface temperature and body temperature has been described in the
literature. However, a review from 2014 addresses a number of considerations about the
relation between surface temperature and body temperature (2). Thus, the evaluation of
surface and ambient temperature measured by C3 in comparison with clinically measure
temperature in the present study will be of explorative nature.
Although, new technologies may be of high value to the health care system, studies show that
the quality of technologies vary and more empiric data is needed to either support or reject
the advantages of using intelligent health technologies in the home (3-5). Besides measuring
the actual quality of C3, it is therefore also important to evaluate how patients experience
quality in relation to C3 in addition to an evaluation of perspectives from the health
professionals.
Brief overview of technical specifications of C3 Table 1 display an overview of the vital
parameters measured by the C3 device in the present study. Further, an accelerometer is
embedded enabling various medically relevant derived measures, which will not be evaluated in
the present study. The C3 device is attached directly above the sternum using standard
electrodes
Pulse / heart rate C3 heart rate measurement is derived from QRS-complex detection in the ECG
signal using an existing open source algorithm (6). Under normal cardiovascular circumstances
the peripheral pulse and ECG-derived heart rate is assumed to be identical.
Respiratory rate Respiratory rate measured by the C3 device is impedance-based. This implies
that the signal changes are based on changes in the electrical resistance of the alternating
current circuitry. Impedance is increased due to the following two effects: 1) During
inspiration there is an increase of the gas volume of the chest in relation to the fluid
volume. This increase causes conductivity to decrease. 2) During inspiration, the length of
the conductance paths increases because of expansion.
There is a good correlation between this impedance change and the volume of inhaled. This
relationship is linear (7).
Temperature C3 measures body surface on the torso directly above the sternum. The sensor is
an infrared optical thermometer with a specified accuracy of ± 0.2 ℃. Further, the C3 device
measures ambient temperature with a thermometer embedded into the printed circuit board.
There is no evidence found in the literature about a correlation between body surface
temperature and body core temperature.
Objective The objective of the study is to validate measurements of pulse, frequency of
respiration, and temperature obtained with the C3 device by comparison with routinely used
hospital equipment. Further, the objective is to gain knowledge about how patients experience
to be monitored with C3 and how hospital staff (primarily nurses) experience working with C3.
Participants and design The study consists of a quantitative and a qualitative part. The
quantitative study is a cross-sectional study of paired measures of vital sign parameters
(pulse, respiratory rate and temperature) measured by C3 and standard hospital equipment used
at the Department of Oncology, Naestved Hospital. The qualitative study is planned as
observational studies and semi-structured interviews with patients, who have been monitored
with C3 and health professionals who have been involved in treatment or care of monitored
patients. Recruitment of participants will take place amongst newly hospitalized patients at
the Department of Oncology, Naestved Hospital. It is planned to include approximately 40
patients in February and March 2016. A total of ten C3 devices and their corresponding
tablets will be included in the study.
Inclusions criteria Legally competent persons age 18 or older with a cancer diagnosis, who
are enrolled at the Department of Oncology, Naestved Hospital and who are febrile (> 38,5
°C). Exclusion criteria Pregnant and fertile women, who does not use contraceptives. Patients
with known heart disease.
Informed consent Patients will upon hospitalization receive verbal and written information
about the study. Patient who agree to participate sign a declaration of informed consent.
Since the aim of the study is to evaluate vital parameters in the acute face, patients are
asked to give informed consent during the first 24 hrs. If patients are hospitalized during
the night shift information about the study will be given in the first day shift after
hospitalization.
Method The study initiates when the patient has given informed consent, after which the C3
device is placed on the patient. Following this the patients will be monitored according to
the current clinical guidelines at Department of Oncology, Naestved Hospital. When clinical
assessment of vital parameters is terminated, the C3 device is removed. This will most often
be at the end of hospitalization.
Quantitative design Paired measures of vital parameters measured by C3 and by hospital
equipment currently used at Department of Oncology, Naestved Hospital will be compared.
All patients at Department of Oncology, Naestved Hospital are risk assessed upon hospital
admission. Patients are scored from 0-3 points in each parameter (higher is worse). Future
and/or acute action is based on changes in individual parameters or accumulated score.
Measurements are done by nurses and either measured using medical equipment or assessed
manually. Values are handwritten on a risk-assessment-sheet before being entered into the
local electronic patient care system (Opus). Time of registration and room temperature will
additionally be registered.
Inpatients are risk-assessed at least three times during the first 24 hours of their hospital
stay. Subsequent risk-assessment interval is based on risk-score, and will take place at
least once every 24 hours until hospital discharge.
A research nurse will several times a week transfer the manually registered data and
time-identical data from the C3 device into an anonymized data sheet. Additionally,
information about gender, age, weight, height and diagnoses will be withdrawn from the
patient journals and registered in the anonymized data sheet. Registrations will continue
during the entire hospital admission.
The staff of the department will continue their daily routines, and will only be involved in
recruitment of possible participants and the placement/removal and daily recharging of the C3
device.
Upon removal, the C3 device will be cleaned and disinfected according to the hygiene
regulations of the department.
No biological material is sampled from patients and no biobank is created.
Statistical considerations Statistical analysis of measurements for data validation is done
using Bland-Altman plots (difference plots) which allows for investigation of the existence
of any systematic difference between the measurements and to identify possible outliers. The
recommended 95% limits of agreement (mean difference plus or minus 1.96 standard deviations)
will be used, which would give information about how far apart measurements by the two
methods are likely to be for most individuals. If the differences within mean ± 1.96 SD are
not clinically important, the two methods may be used interchangeably (8-10). Accordingly,
estimates (confidence intervals) for "limits of agreement" will be calculated.
In method-comparison studies, increasing the number of paired measurements is pivotal. This
number will determine the limits of agreement (confidence interval). A sample of 200 paired
measurements (n=200) yields a 95% CI about +/- 0.24s. Hence this is the target number of
measurements to reach.
Number of patients: The aim is to carry out 200 paired measurements. Since the study includes
ten C3 devices it is calculated, that on average each device shall provide twenty
registrations. Since vital parameters will be registered at least once a day in patients
hospitalized in Department of Oncology, Naestved Hospital it will take a total of at least
twenty days to obtain the required number of measurements. The project period is planned to
be seven weeks. The Department have approximately 22-28 new admissions per week with an
approximate admission time of 5,4 days. This means that in 49 days (seven weeks) a total of
approximately 90 patients (49 days/5,4 days * 10 C3 devices) will be available for the
recruitment procedure. In this population it is expected that 60 % is hospitalized with a
temperature above 38,5 °C and therefore meet the inclusion criteria. Dropout is estimated to
25 %, which results in an estimated total population of approximately 40 patients. However,
the demand of 200 paired measurements will be determining the final number of patients
included in the study.
Qualitative design Interviews: The purpose of the qualitative part of the study is to
investigate 1) how patients experience to wear an being continuously monitored with the C3
device, and 2) what challenges health professionals experience in their work, when patients
are wearing the C3 device.
The qualitative part of the study is based on semi-structured interviews with twelve
participating patients during their hospital admission. In addition, ten health professionals
who have been involved in treatment and care of patients wearing the C3 device will be
interviewed.
Observation: Observational studies are carried out to elucidate possible challenges related
to treat and care patients that are wearing the C3 device. The observational studies will be
are carried out before making the semi-structured interviews, so observations can qualify the
questions asked in the interviews.
Side effects, risks and inconveniences No major side effects are related to wearing and being
monitored by the C3 device. The device has been tested on healthy volunteers and reports of
inconveniences are mostly related to the adhesive ECG-electrodes that can be painful to
remove and/or irritate the skin. However, a wide array of electrodes are commercially
available to fit the individual needs (e.g., sensitive skin or allergy). Some might find
wearing the device stigmatizing and/or inconvenient.
In addition, the C3 device is marked CE class I. Hence, requirements for prevention of
adverse effects are met. As an example, this includes two fuses between the battery and the
electrodes, minimizing the risk of current for the battery entering the body even in the
event of device failure. The device has not yet been approved for commercialization.
Ethics and anonymization All data collected in the study is done according to the guidelines
of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for medical device studies (11). All data is anonymized, and
all data is protected according to national law: "Lov om behandling af personoplysninger".
The project has been reported to "Datatilsynet" [the Data Protection Agency].
Test subjects are secured access to further information about the study through their
assigned nurse or email and telephone (contact information is in the information material).
Economics The responsible researchers are not economically compensated for the work in this
study. Participating patients do not receive compensation for their participation.
Publications At least one scientific paper will be published upon completion of the study.
Approvals The study has been approved by the Danish Ethical Comity (Region Zealand): SJ-460,
and The Danish Medicines Agency: journal number 2015120113.
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