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CompletedNCT03745547Updated Jan 15, 2021

An Exploratory, Observational, Non-interventional, Open Label, Remote Pilot Study to Assess Adherence in COPD Subjects

An observational study in Moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, sponsored by Spire, Inc.. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-01-15.

Sponsored by Spire, Inc. · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
184
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to monitor adherence to a clothing-attached breathing monitor, respiratory patterns, and activity levels in COPD patients, and correlate those respiratory patterns and activity levels with patient-reported symptoms and events. To achieve this purpose, Spire will collect data from a wearable monitor that participants attach to the participant's clothing, an associated smartphone application, and completion of weekly questions. The wearable monitor and the consumer smartphone application to be used are consumer products and currently available in the market.

This study does not include clinical intervention and no doctors will be involved in this study.

No clinical tests or office visits are included in this study. All data will be collected through an online survey tool and remotely through the wearable sensors.

Read the detailed description

This is an exploratory, observational, non interventional, single-arm, open label, remote pilot study involving up to 150 self-reported COPD participants. Eligible participants will wear the Spire biophysiological health monitors for a period of 9 months while the participants report symptoms on a weekly basis via brief surveys. If and when participants incur a COPD-related exacerbation which results in a medication change after hospitalization or contact with a healthcare provider, participants will report this on the weekly surveys. When this survey is read by a study nurse, the nurse will follow up with the participant by phone to conduct a post-exacerbation phone screening. This data would provide context to inform how to correlate the biosensor-sensed physiological parameters with the exacerbation self-reported data. All study participants will be remotely distributed throughout the United States.

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Conditions studied

  • Moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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In context

Lung Diseases

3,303 studies on the registry are indexed under Lung Diseases; 355 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 184 is above the median of 157 across 929 observational studies indexed under Lung Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Spire, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 5 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Adult moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) as reported by participant

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥18 years old
  • Self-reported diagnosis of moderate to severe COPD
  • >=1 self-reported COPD-related hospitalization within the previous 12 months
  • Currently using an iPhone 6 or newer and willing to install the Spire smartphone app
  • Willing to wear Health Tags 80% of each 24 hour period and answer the email-based self-assessments weekly for the study duration
  • Willing to provide consent to participate and abide by study protocol for study duration (9 months)
  • Must be able to read and understand English
  • Access to Wi-Fi at home and at work, for at least 20 hours per day (and smartphone connected to Wi-Fi throughout the study duration)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosed with another medical condition that may confound the respiratory symptoms of COPD (ex: cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, bronchiectasis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or chest wall deformities).
  • Diagnosed with any neurodegenerative disorder (e,g, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's or Epilepsy)
  • Pregnant at the time of study or expecting to become pregnant throughout the course of the study.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
184 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • OtherAdherence to wearing a Spire wearable health monitor

    Participants will wear a Spire health monitor every day for 9 months and receive weekly emails with a short survey about the participant's condition and symptoms. If participants fail to respond to this email or Spire detects that a participant is not wearing the monitor, participants will be contacted by a nurse. While participants are wearing the monitor, Spire will make sure the sensors are collecting data but will not review the data in real time. If a participant's monitor stops sending data to Spire for more than 24 hours, the participant will be contacted. If the participant is unreachable for 10 days the participant's emergency contact will be contacted. If neither the participant nor the emergency contact is reachable over 24 days the participant will be removed from the study.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Spire wearable health monitor physiological data collection

    To evaluate the extent to which Spire wearable health monitor can capture viable data from COPD participants

    Time frame: weekly email surveys and phone calls over a nine month period

Secondary outcomes

  1. Participant adherence

    To evaluate the daily adherence to wearing the Spire wearable health monitor in COPD participants

    Time frame: weekly email surveys and phone calls over a nine month period

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Study locations

1 site
  • Spire, Inc.
    San Francisco, California 94110, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — No IPD will be available to other researchers

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 15, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03745547
Lead sponsor
Spire, Inc.
Collaborators
ResMed
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 19, 2018
Start date
Nov 20, 2018
Primary completion
Apr 10, 2020
Completion
Apr 11, 2020
Last update
Jan 15, 2021

Study contacts

Neema Moraveji, PhD
principal investigator · Spire, Inc.

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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