Physical Activity Monitoring Among BMT Patients

Purpose

This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of an apple watch-based application to promote physical activity among bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients.

Condition

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Design Phase: Post 100 days BMT patients, family caregivers and providers - Trial Phase: New BMT patients

Exclusion Criteria

  • under 18 years old; - can't communicate, read or write in English; - having any communicable infection or showing the signs of it, including coughing, fever, or rash; - and incapable of completing the assigned research activities.

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description
In this study, we conduct a small randomized controlled trial to study the feasibility of an Apple Watch app developed to monitor bone marrow transplant patients' physical activities at their initial hospitalization.
Primary Purpose
Device Feasibility
Masking
Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Active Comparator
Watch Only
  • Other: Watch Only
    A locked Apple Watch will be used to collect physical activity data from the Watch Only patients.
Experimental
Watch+App
  • Device: BMT Physical Activity app
    This app sends reminders to patients, collect activity data from Apple Watch, and allow patients to submit symptoms.

Recruiting Locations

More Details

NCT ID
NCT04474730
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Ming-Yuan Chih

Detailed Description

The research objective is to test the feasibility of using an Apple Watch-based system with the capacity to monitor BMT patients' physical activity and other patient reported outcomes at an ongoing basis within the inpatient BMT setting at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center (UKMCC). The central hypothesis in this project is that the Apple Watch-based system designed based on user-centered design principles and the proposed study method will yield high feasibility.