Clinical and Medico-economic Validation of the HEPHAI Solution.

Asthma COPD Clinical Trial

— VAL-HEPHAI  

Official title:

Clinical and Medico-economic Study to Validate the Performance of a Digital and Personalized Solution (HEPHAÏ) to Support the Use of Inhaled Treatments for Asthma and COPD

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06099145
• Other study ID #: KM00385
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 19, 2023
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: Hephai
• Contact: Serge Kinkingnehun
• Phone: +33 6 61 85 06 77
• Email: serge[@]hephai.eu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In a context where the use of inhalation devices for respiratory medications is associated with a high frequency of critical errors, our primary hypothesis is that the use of the HEPHAÏ solution reduces this frequency compared to standard care.

The objective of this clinical study is to evaluate the performance of the HEPHAÏ solution as a tool for improving the administration of inhaled treatments in patients undergoing pulmonary care for asthma and/or COPD, who are receiving treatment with Innovair® or Trimbow®. These two inhalers were chosen for reasons of feasibility and compatibility with the version of the HEPHAÏ software provided as part of the clinical investigation

Description:

The proper use of inhalation devices is crucial to relieving asthma and COPD symptoms and preventing exacerbations of these diseases. The improper use of these devices is currently considered a major problem. HEPHAI (Class I Medical Device) is a versatile application based on artificial intelligence (AI), allowing to recognize the appropriate use of an inhalation device by analyzing (without any sensors either on the patient or on the inhaler), the sequence of movements and sounds necessary for error-free intake. The HEPHAI application allows the patient to film themselves directly when using their inhaler, to interrogate in real time an AI based on behavior recognition (movements and sounds), to give the patient an immediate result, and to set up a corrective process if the intake has not been properly carried out.

HEPHAÏ is thus a companion tool to the inhaler prescribed by the doctor, which allows the patient to benefit from assistance in the use of his or her personalized inhaler at home.

Among patients using an inhalation device for their treatment, 30% to 40% make errors of use that are considered "critical", i.e. making the treatment ineffective or drastically reducing its effectiveness. Beyond its clinical impact (persistence of symptoms, decreased adherence, increased risk of exacerbation), the economic cost of this inadequate use is estimated at nearly one billion euros per year in France, with a major weight of hospitalizations for exacerbations.

In this contaxt, the objective of the present study is to evaluate the performance of the HEPHAÏ solution as a tool for improving the administration of inhaled treatments in patients undergoing pulmonary care for asthma and/or COPD.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 238
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: September 30, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient at least 18 years of age

• Patient followed in pulmonology for Asthma and/or COPD with implementation and/or follow-up of treatment with Innovair® or Trimbow®,

• Patient affiliated to a Social Security scheme,

• Patient with a hardware support allowing the operation of HEPHAÏ: smartphone, tablet, desktop or laptop computer with graphical interface, video, sound and a high-speed connection at the place of use.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient previously enrolled in another interventional clinical study,

• Adult patients who are subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, judicial safeguard, psychiatric care or deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision),

• Patient with at least one sensory, visual or tactile impairment, preventing the correct use of a smartphone, tablet and/or computer or preventing the correct performance of the exercise safely,

• Patient with a cognitive impairment, severely limiting their ability to concentrate and thus preventing the correct use of a smartphone, tablet and/or computer,

• Patient cared for by a specialized team of education, therapeutic for his asthma or COPD follow-up (e.g. asthma school, asthma referent IDE),

• Patient who does not understand French,

• Patient with an inhalation chamber prescription associated with their inhalation device prescription.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma
• Asthma COPD

Intervention

Device:
• Hephaï
Used of the HEPHAI medical device as a tool to improve the delivery of inhaled treatments for asthma and COPD

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CHU de Dijon	Dijon
France	Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve	Montpellier
France	Hôpital BICHAT	Paris
France	Hôpital COCHIN	Paris
France	Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital	Paris

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hephai

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Proportion of Critical Errors at week 12	Assessment of the proportion of critical errors during inhaler use, from baseline to 3 months after initiation of the intervention.; A critical error is defined as an error during use of the device that would compromise access of the inhaled medication to the respiratory tract, The methodology used to assess critical errors consists in comparing the results of the investigating physician's observation of use with a reference checklist developed on the basis of official recommendations for use.	Baseline and week 12
Secondary	Proportion of Critical Errors at week 24	Assessment of the proportion of critical errors during inhaler use, from baseline to 6 months after initiation of the intervention.; A critical error is defined as an error during use of the device that would compromise access of the inhaled medication to the respiratory tract, The methodology used to assess critical errors consists in comparing the results of the investigating physician's observation of use with a reference checklist developed on the basis of official recommendations for use.	Baseline to week 24
Secondary	Quality of Life Assessment (Saint-Georges' Hospital Questionnaire)	Assessment of quality of life using the Saint-Georges' Hospital questionnaire (French version) at each time, with a specific focus on the evolution from baseline to week 24	Baseline to week 24
Secondary	Quality of Life Assessment (EQ5D5L Questionnaire)	Assessment of quality of life using the EQ5D5L questionnaire at each time, with a specific focus on the evolution from baseline to week 24	Baseline to week 24