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NCT Number: NCT02835248

A Novel System to Detect Falls in Real-life Conditions

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Falls

Age range

75 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02120, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

  • Uses a medical alert device

Treatment and study plan

Fall Detection

Other

All participants will wear a device configured to detect falls.

Other names: ActivePERS

Primary outcomes

  1. The sensitivity and specificity of ActivePERS fall detection algorithms will be measured by comparing the occurence of falls detected by the wearable device to study participant self reported falls

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Near falls as measured by patient self report

    Time frame: 2 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

BioSensics

Industry

Collaborators

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jul 18, 2016
Registry last updated
Jul 24, 2018

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