Clinical trialNCT04379921CompletedInterventional

Improving Spine Surgical Care With Real-Time Objective Patient Tracking Using the Apple Watch

SponsorStanford UniversityEnrollment255Spinal StenosisSpine DegenerationSpine DiseaseSpine FusionSurgery

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Summary

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One of the primary goals of spine surgery is to reduce pain and increase mobility to improve patients' quality of life. Currently, there is no established method for surgeons to objectively track their patients' mobilization postoperatively. This study is the first prospective trial utilizing the Apple Watch to objectively track patients before and after elective spine surgery. The investigators hypothesize that the ability of patients to track their own activity and discuss with their surgeon objective mobilization goals will not only help patients achieve empowerment in their own care but also improve their overall satisfaction and self-reported outcomes after spine surgery.

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Investigators

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Corinna Zygourakis, MD
Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Stanford University Hospital
Palo Alto, California, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 1 Sept 2020
Primary completion: 30 Nov 2024
Completion: 30 Nov 2024
Last update posted: 19 Dec 2025
Registered enrollment: 255
Registry id: NCT04379921

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