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Pediatric Apple Watch Study

Not Applicable
Conditions
Arrhythmia in Children
Interventions
Device: Apple Watch
Registration Number
NCT06053372
Lead Sponsor
Stanford University
Brief Summary

Specific Aim #1 - To determine the accuracy of Apple Watch ECG tracings heart rate in children.

Specific Aim #2 - To determine if extended monitoring with the Apple Watch can identify arrhythmia events that were not detected by short term clinical monitoring.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • All pediatric patients age 6 - 21 years undergoing clinically indicated arrhythmia monitoring
  • Patients with developmental ability (as determined by patient and parents) to safely wear the Apple Watch and utilize the patient activated trigger buttons on both the clinical monitor and the Apple Watch.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Age < 6 years. Those under 6 many not be able to safely use the watch and have the developmental ability (as gauged by clinician and parents) to utilize the trigger features on the watch and cardiac rhythm monitor.
  • Inability to effectively utilize the triggered features of the monitor or watch
  • Patients unable to utilize the Apple Watch.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Apple WatchApple WatchParticipants will wear an Apple Watch for 6 months
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Heart rate correlationUp to 2 weeks

Comparison of heart rate (bpm) between the Apple Watch and standard clinical rhythm monitor

Arrhythmia correlationUp to 6 months

Comparison of the number of clinically significant arrhythmia events between the Apple Watch and standard clinical rhythm monitor. Clinically significant arrhythmia events include supraventricular arrhythmias, ventricular arrhythmias, sinus pauses, and conduction abnormalities/heart block

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Stanford University

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Palo Alto, California, United States

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