{"id":23443,"date":"2022-08-23T10:33:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cosinuss.com\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=23443"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:53:31","slug":"study-remote-monitoring-in-cancer-therapy-with-the-cosinuss-two","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.cosinuss.com\/en\/portfolio-items\/study-remote-monitoring-in-cancer-therapy-with-the-cosinuss-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Remote monitoring in cancer therapy with the cosinuss\u00b0 Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remote monitoring of vital signs in cancer patients<\/h2><\/div>

Monitoring cancer therapy in everyday life? – An interdisciplinary project on sensor technology and app-based questioning: Detecting Therapy Effectiveness Early and Enhancing Quality of Life. A cooperation between the AG Medizininformatik at Reutlingen University and the Center for Personalized Medicine T\u00fcbingen.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Modern cancer therapies can often be integrated into everyday life. Cancer patients come to the oncology day clinic of the University Hospital T\u00fcbingen for their outpatient therapy in a fixed weekly rhythm. In the time between therapy sessions, they can live their daily lives at home as usual. A major disadvantage: During this period, the course of therapy and the patient’s condition cannot be monitored by clinic staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For this reason, the Center for Personalized Medicine at the University Hospital T\u00fcbingen has set itself the goal of testing in a pilot study whether wearables, such as the cosinuss\u00b0 in-ear sensors, are suitable for monitoring patients’ vital parameters in everyday life. On the basis of the recorded data, it may be possible to detect side effects at an early stage and to follow the course of therapy. The study is being conducted in cooperation with the AG Medizininformatik at Reutlingen University.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Effects on the quality of life<\/h2><\/div>

Many cancers and suitable therapies are associated with a reduced quality of life for those affected.<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Measuring quality of life therefore plays an important role in cancer research. Patients are asked how they feel in general and to what extent the therapy affects their quality of life. This allows physicians and researchers to better assess the effects of new treatment methods, among other things.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Study: overview and objective<\/h2><\/div>

The pilot study will examine how well the smartphone application bwHealthApp and the sensors used can be integrated into patients’ everyday lives, how reliable the data are, and whether this technology can be used to make cancer therapy in the day clinic at T\u00fcbingen University Hospital better, more individualized, and more effective in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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“In the future, we want to enable personalized cancer therapy that can be integrated into patients’ everyday lives with the help of modern wearables.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/blockquote>

Hanna Borlinghaus, MSc (Project coordination)<\/strong>, ZPM T\u00fcbingen<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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In the long term, the app used is intended to be an important component of personalized medicine by linking various sensors, wearables and medical devices with each other and recording and analyzing their data. In addition to the cosinuss\u00b0 in-ear sensors and fitness wristbands, this also includes implantable devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Study design<\/h3><\/div>

The study started at the end of July 2022 and will run for a total of about four months.<\/p>\n

The study participants will come to the oncology day clinic of the University Hospital T\u00fcbingen every few weeks for systemic cancer therapy. This is where the initial setup and instruction of the app and wearables takes place. The participants are not given any instructions on how often and during which activities they have to wear the sensor. The manual entries in the app are also based on a voluntary basis.<\/p>\n

Over a period of about one month, the participants use the in-ear sensor or the wristband in their daily lives. Among other things, heart rate<\/a>, body temperature<\/a> and oxygen saturation<\/a> (SpO2) are measured and recorded.<\/p>\n

In addition, the participants enter information into the bwHealthApp<\/a>. Besides the current quality of life, certain events can also be entered here, such as sporting activity or side effects of the therapy.<\/p>\n

At the end of the four-week period, participants complete a feedback questionnaire on the study, the app and the device used.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Pictures: Alfred Siewe-Reinke, Hochschule Reutlingen, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

Sample<\/h4><\/div>

Approximately 30 cancer patients (m\/f\/d) undergoing systemic therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy) are participating in the study.<\/p>\n

By lottery, one part of the group will receive a fitness tracker wristband and another part will receive the cosinuss\u00b0 in-ear sensor \u00b0Two for automated recording of vital parameters.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Method<\/h4><\/div>

On the one hand, data is automatically recorded by means of the sensors. This includes, depending on the device used, the following:<\/p>\n