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Status unknownNCT05790616APOUpdated Mar 30, 2023

Accuracy of Pulse Oximeters During Profound Hypoxia

An interventional study of Arterial blood draw and Oxygen reduction in Hypoxia, sponsored by Philips Clinical & Medical Affairs Global. Status unknown at 1 site in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-03-30.

Sponsored by Philips Clinical & Medical Affairs Global · Not applicable, Interventional, and Screening

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Mar 2023), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
66
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is designed to calibrate and determine the accuracy for SpO2, pulse rate and respiratory rate of the newly in-house build Test Device wrist 1 (TDw1, or EVA) at Philips.

SpO2, pulse rate and respiratory rate during hypoxia will be calculated by using data of well-known reference devices, including:

  • A reference SpO2 sensor of Nellcor placed at a fingertip, that reflects also continuously the pulse rate Will be used to compare with the test device.
  • A reference respiratory rate device that calculates the respiratory rate based on detection of end-tidal CO2 peaks by capnography.
  • Oxygen saturation in arterial blood samples (SaO2), determined by a co-oximeter will be used to calculate the accuracy of the test device.

During the study the following devices will be additionally used by the volunteers:

  • AppleWatch 7
  • TDw2, watch build by philips, using the PPG and software technology developed by Philips
  • A smartphone that detects reflected PPG signals from the reflected screen at the handpalm, by the build in frontfacing camera (TDc) of the smartphone

Volunteers will undergo progressive hypoxia (9 min/% O2) from 21 to 10% O2 in an altitude room, resulting in a volunteer's SpO2 of 73%. During this deliberated hypoxia, the volunteers wear the test and reference devices.

This study consists of 4 sub-studies (NI = non-invasive; IN = invasive with an arterial line):

  • NI (Fast-Sitting): volunteers are seated in the hypoxia room in which the ambient oxygen concentration decreases at a speed of 9 min/% O2. If the volunteer reached a SpO2 ≤73% for more than 1 minute, he/she leaves the hypoxia room. And will breath air with 21% oxygen. Volunteers wear TDw1 and TDw2 and the reference devices.
  • NI(Fast-Lying): identical to NI(Fast-Sitting) but volunteers lay on a mattress. Volunteers wear TDw1 and AppleWatch 7 and the reference devices.
  • NI (Slow-Sitting): identical to NI (Fast-Sitting), but after one of the volunteers reaches a SpO2 ≤73% for more than one minute, oxygen in the room increases at a speed of 9 min/% O2 until normal ambient air oxygen concentration of 21%. Volunteers wear TDw1 and AppleWatch 7 and the reference devices.
  • IN(Fast-Sitting): identical to NI(Fast-Sitting) but the volunteer's oxygen saturation in blood samples withdrawn via an arterial line is measured in the laboratory.

The NI studies include 18 healthy participants in each sub-study. After the first volunteers have completed the study, small adaptations in the software of the study devices is still possible, e.g. to increase the quality of the PPG-signals. After the three sub-studies are completed, the algorithm for conversion of raw PPG signals to SpO2, pulse rate and respiratory rate will be defined and fixed for the test devices.

During the IN-study, which can only be started after completion of all NI studies, an arterial catheter will be inserted in the radial artery of the 12 participating volunteers, in order to take several blood samples to measure oxygen saturation in the blood (25 samples at well-defined moments during the study per volunteer). Using these results of arterial oxygen saturation, the accuracy of the test devices can be calculated.

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Conditions studied

  • Hypoxia

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Keywords

  • SpO2
  • photoplethysmography
  • camera based photoplethysmography
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In context

Hypoxia

1,231 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypoxia; 241 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 66 is above the median of 45 across 853 interventional studies indexed under Hypoxia.

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Lead sponsor

Philips Clinical & Medical Affairs Global is the lead sponsor of 82 studies on the registry; 24 are open to participants now.

Of its 13 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 10 (77%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy subjects (ASA 1 and ASA 2) between 18 and 65 years of age upon signing the informed consent. (ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologist's health score). In each group, at least 30% of one gender need to be present, and at least 15% of participants have a Fitzpatrick's skin color scale of 5 or 6.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Heavy smokers or individuals exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide that result in elevated carboxyhemoglobin levels.
  • Individuals subject to conditions that result in elevated levels of methemoglobin.
  • Individuals with low SpO2 or SaO2 (\<95%) at FiO2 = 0,21
  • Moderate to severe claustrophobia for small rooms
  • Severe obesity (BMI > 35 kg/m2)
  • Hemoglobinopathies
  • Arteriopathies, including Raynaud disease
  • ASA 3 to 5 subjects
  • Tattoo's, skin lesions,use of skin lotions or use of nail polish/fake nails at the region of interest for TDw and TDc
  • Pregnancy
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
66 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    NI(Fast-Sitting)

    Subgroup Non-Invasive (Fast-Sitting): sitting volunteers undergo an ambient oxygen decrease from 21% to 10% (SpO2 \<73% for 1 minute) followed by a fast increase of ambient oxygen concentration. Fast: if the study is completed for a volunteer reaching SpO2 ≤73%, the subject leaves the room and breaths 21% oxygen. The hypoxia inducing device is stopped after all subjects left the hypoxia room and the door of the hypoxia room is opened, allowing air with 21% O2 to enter the room. Airco fan stays running.

    Other: Oxygen reduction

  • Experimental
    NI(Slow-Sitting)

    Volunteers of subgroup Non-Invasive (Slow-Sitting) follow the NI (Rapid-Sitting) protocol, but after hypoxia at FiO2=0,10 oxygen normalization is programmed to increase at the same speed as the hypoxia creation. Slow: after target hypoxia has been reached, air with 21% of oxygen is allowed to enter the room in such a way that the speed of increase of O2 to 21% is approximately equal to the decrease of the room's oxygen to 10%

    Other: Oxygen reduction

  • Experimental
    NI(Fast-Lying)

    Volunteers included in the Non-Invasive (Fast-Lying) group follow the NI (Rapid-sitting) protocol although in lying position.

    Other: Oxygen reduction

  • Experimental
    IN(Fast-Sitting)

    After full completion of the Non-Invasive (NI) studies, and a defined algorithm to compute SpO2 by TDw1 is achieved, the study is repeated as described for the NI (Rapid-Sitting) protocol, but arterial blood oxygen saturation (SaO2) will be determined during 5 stable ambient oxygen plateaus (the Invasive (Fast-Sitting) study). These results are used as benchmark to define the final accuracy of TDw1 for SpO2 reproduction. In this part of the study, according to the minimal requirements of the regulatory agencies, 12 volunteers that successfully completed the study will be included.

    Procedure: Arterial blood draw · Other: Oxygen reduction

Interventions

  • ProcedureArterial blood draw

    For the IN(Fast-Sitting) arm arterial blood will be collected to derive "Gold-standard" SaO2 reference values.

  • OtherOxygen reduction

    Volunteers undergo an ambient oxygen decrease from 21% to 10%

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Algorithm validation

    1. the calculation and validation of the algorithm for 1. conversion of the modulation ratio R of theraw PPG signals to SpO2 for all wrist Test Devices. 2. conversion of PPG signals to PR and RR. 2. determining the accuracy of TDw1 and TDc with cooximetry as golden benchmark in the IN study. 3. Looking for the feasibility of TDw2 for further development The accuracy is represented by A(rms), and specifically for the NI study, the SpO2 range is continuous (SpO2 100- 73%, about 16 000 samples per volunteer). During the IN study the accuracy is represented by A(rms) and calculated for SpO2 versus Sa O2 (about 20 to 25 samples per volunteer).

    Time frame: 90 minutes per test per participant

Secondary outcomes

  1. Plateau 1

    Bias and 95% limits of agreement (LOA) of TDw1 SpO2 - Nellcor SpO2 in 90-100% Nellcor SpO2 range

    Time frame: 90 minutes per test per participant

  2. Plateau 2

    Bias and 95% LOA of TDw1 SpO2 - Nellcor SpO2 in 80-90% Nellcor SpO2 range

    Time frame: 90 minutes per test per participant

  3. Plateau 3

    Bias and 95% LOA of TDw1 SpO2 - Nellcor SpO2 in 70-80% Nellcor SpO2 range

    Time frame: 90 minutes per test per participant

  4. Plateau 4

    Bias and 95% LOA of TDw1 SpO2 - Nellcor SpO2 in 70-100% Nellcor SpO2 range

    Time frame: 90 minutes per test per participant

  5. Statistics pooled subjects

    Bland-Altman of pooled subjects' TDw1 SpO2 - Nellcor SpO2

    Time frame: 90 minutes per test per participant

  6. Statistics individual subject

    Bland-Altman of Bias for each individual subject

    Time frame: 90 minutes per test per participant

  7. Statistics individual subject 2

    Line listing for each individual subject

    Time frame: 90 minutes per test per participant

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Hypoxia Centre of the Complementary Medical Centre (CMC)
    Genk, Belgium
    • Raf De Jongh · Contact
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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 Mar 30, 2023, 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
NCT05790616
Lead sponsor
Philips Clinical & Medical Affairs Global
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 30, 2023
Start date
Jan 28, 2023
Primary completion
Nov 1, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 1, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 30, 2023

Study contacts

Daphne van Scheppingen
Contact
daphne.van.scheppingen@philips.com
+316 3857 3076
Raf De Jongh, MD
principal investigator · Hypoxia Centre of the Complementary Medical Centre (CMC) Genk

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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