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Diagnosing Respiratory Disease in Children Using Cough Sounds

Diagnosing Respiratory Disease in Children Using Smartphone Recordings of Cough Sounds

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02973282
Acronym
SMARTCOUGH-C
Enrollment
1245
Registered
2016-11-25
Start date
2016-12-31
Completion date
2017-12-31
Last updated
2018-01-05

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Conditions

Asthma, Bronchiolitis, Croup, Lower Respiratory Tract Infection, Pneumonia, Reactive Airway Disease, Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

Brief summary

The purpose of this prospective study is to evaluate the efficacy of the ResAppDx software application in diagnosis of pneumonia and other respiratory conditions (bronchiolitis, asthma/reactive airway disease, croup, upper or lower respiratory tract infections) in infants and children. Patient's cough sounds will be recorded using a smartphone and analysed using the ResAppDx software. The ResAppDx diagnosis will be compared to radiologic diagnosis and/or clinical diagnosis. The ResAppDx diagnosis will not be provided to the clinician or patient.

Interventions

OTHERRecording of Infants and Children's Cough Sounds

Smartphone recordings of the cough sounds of infants and children presenting to a participating site with signs or symptoms of respiratory disease

Sponsors

Massachusetts General Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
The Cleveland Clinic
CollaboratorOTHER
Baylor College of Medicine
CollaboratorOTHER
ResApp Health Limited
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
29 Days to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Infant or child aged 29 days - 12 years * Presenting to the study site with signs or symptoms of respiratory disease including cough, wheezing, stridor, chest in-drawing/retractions, difficulty breathing, fast breathing, abnormal lung sounds on exam, cyanosis/hypoxemia. * Coughing spontaneously or able to cough voluntarily

Exclusion criteria

* Lack of a signed consent form from parent or legal guardian * Lack of signed assent form for children aged 7 years or older who, in the opinion of the investigator, is able to provide assent based on their age, maturity or psychological state. * Need for mechanical ventilatory support (including invasive, continuous positive airway pressure, or bilevel positive airway pressure) or high flow nasal cannula * Any medical contraindication to voluntary cough, including (only enrolled if coughing spontaneously): severe respiratory distress, history of pneumothorax, eye/chest/abdominal surgery in past 3 months, hemoptysis in the past month, or too medically unstable to participate in study per treating clinician. * Subject previously enrolled * Tracheostomy present or tube placed

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Diagnosis of pneumonia6 monthsPositive percent agreement and negative percent agreement to diagnose and rule out pneumonia as compared with a radiologic diagnosis. Positive percent agreement and negative percent agreement to diagnose and rule out pneumonia as compared with a clinical diagnosis.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Diagnosis of other childhood respiratory diseases6 monthsPositive percent agreement and negative percent agreement to diagnose and rule out: lower respiratory tract involvement, bronchiolitis, asthma/reactive airway disease, upper respiratory tract infection and/or croup, as compared with a clinical diagnosis.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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