A Novel System to Detect Falls in Real-life Conditions

NCT ID: NCT02835248

Last Updated: 2018-07-24

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-09-30

Study Completion Date

2018-05-31

Brief Summary

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Medical alert devices with automatic fall detection functionality use accelerometry to detect a fall and can signal for help if the wearer forgets to, or is incapable of, pressing the alert button. This can save lives and prevent complications associated with long periods of time spent on the floor after a fall. In this project, the sensitivity and false alarm rate of a commercially available medical alert device will be tested in a population of 200 community-dwelling older adults.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Falls

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Primary

Older adult study participants will be recruited from the cohort of participants in the STRIDE Study at the Boston trial site (http://www.stride-study.org/).

Fall Detection

Intervention Type OTHER

All participants will wear a device configured to detect falls.

Interventions

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Fall Detection

All participants will wear a device configured to detect falls.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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ActivePERS

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Enrolled in the STRIDE Study at the Boston trial site (http://www.stride-study.org/).

Exclusion Criteria

* Uses a medical alert device
Minimum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Brigham and Women's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

BioSensics

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Shalendar Bhasin, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Joseph T Gwin, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

BioSensics

Paolo Bonato, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Locations

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Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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15-0930-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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