Understanding and Improving Quality of Life Through a Wireless Activity Tracker: Observational Phase

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02674945

Enrollment

Registered

2016-02-05

Start date

2014-09-30

Completion date

2018-09-30

Last updated

2022-06-28

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Conditions

Brain Tumor

Keywords

fitbit, activity tracker, sleep, quality of life

Brief summary

This project attempts to correlate wireless activity data with quality of life and sleep surveys in order to find a new method of monitoring patients during their treatment.

Detailed description

This project proposes the investigation, validation, and use of a wireless activity tracker to better understand and improve the quality of life of patients suffering from brain tumors. The Fitbit flex wireless syncing activity tracker will be distributed to 75 patients, and the electronic infrastructure to automatically track patients will be created and adapted for the cohort. Surveys will routinely assess the ease-of-use and any problems arising. This heterogenous population of patients suffering from brain tumors will be tracked and compared through routine evaluation of their quality of life through well-established surveys, including the SF-36 and FACT-Br. The association between data recorded from the activity tracker and the QOL surveys will be quantified to validate the activity tracking data as a surrogate measure of part, if not all, of QOL as well as sleep.

Interventions

DEVICEWireless Activity tracker: Fitbit

Patients will wear a Fitbit flex

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* diagnosed with primary or metastatic brain tumor * able to wear wireless activity tracker * able to complete QOL and sleep surveys every 3 months

Exclusion criteria

* unable to provide consent * age \< 18 * lack of use of the wireless activity tracker for more than 2 consecutive months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Activity measured in steps	1 year delineated by minute

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Sleep	per night over 1 year	wireless activity will attempt to monitor sleep cycles when the device is worn
Quality of Life - SF-36	months 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12	SF-36
Quality of Life - Fact- Br	months 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12	Fact-Br

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026