Post-market Observation of a Wireless Vital Sign Monitor for Hospitalized

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this study is to measure the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of a wireless vital signs monitor, neoGuard, for hospitalized newborns at a tertiary healthcare facility in Kenya. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does the neoGuard vital signs monitor detect meaningful vital sign changes in hospitalized newborns? 2. Does the neoGuard vital signs monitor generate valid signals to trigger a timely response from nurses? 3. Is the neoGuard vital signs monitor associated with improved patient outcomes and lower mortality? 4. What is the cost-effectiveness of the neoGuard vital signs monitor in comparison to the standard-of-care monitoring system? Participants will be enrolled within the first 24 hours of admission and monitored for a period of 7 consecutive days or until they are discharged (whichever comes sooner). The study will consist of an intervention group and a comparison group. Researchers will compare nurses' response time to patients in distress, newborn complication rates and treatment outcomes between the two groups.

Clinical Trial Description

This is an interrupted time series study conducted at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) neonatal ward between April 2022 and June 2023. Our study participants comprise of newborn patients admitted at MTRH during that period. The MTRH neonatal ward is arranged in 8 sub-units which comprise our comparison sub-groups. Newborns admitted from April-November 2022 comprise the pre-intervention arm and are not exposed to neoGuard, but receive existing standard-of-care vital sign monitoring. In December 2022, neoGuard was installed in 4 sub-units (intervention group), while the remaining 4 sub-units (comparison group) continued to use standard-of-care monitoring. The measurement of effectiveness will be performed at three levels: (1) device's ability to detect abnormal physiological signals and provide alerts/alarms that notify the nurses to check on a patient's status and; (2) alarms/alerts from level one that resulted in a necessary intervention being administered to the patient (valid alarms), versus all the alarms/alerts that did not necessitate an intervention (invalid alarms); (3) the month-to-month difference in newborn complication rates and treatment outcomes between the intervention group and comparison group. Medical staff who interact with neoGuard will participate in user surveys at the end of the intervention period to capture user experience and perceptions on feasibility and sustainability. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT05728307
Study type	Observational
Source	Neopenda, PBC
Contact	Assumpta S Nantume, MSc
Phone	2037472391
Email	assumpta@neopenda.com
Status	Recruiting
Phase
Start date	November 28, 2022
Completion date	November 30, 2023

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Post-market Observation of a Wireless Vital Sign Monitor for Hospitalized Newborns in Kenya

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