Apple Watch In Clinical Trials

Considering a wearable for your upcoming clinical trial?

The Apple Watch is an FDA-approved Class II device with a slick, beautiful, and powerful utility to help conduct a remote virtual clinical trial.

At Delve Health, they utilize the Apple Watch to collect over 20 digital endpoints across multiple therapeutic areas. Below are a few cases, where an Apple Watch is being used:

• Enable the early detection of atrial fibrillation and potentially improve outcomes including stroke
• Identify irregular heart rhythms, including for serious heart conditions such as atrial fibrillation
• Parkinson’s disease, in which symptoms include tremors, rigidity, slowness of movement, and difficulty with walking
• Monitor symptom variations as a result of changes in medications or deep brain stimulation treatment
• Step count as a possible prognostic marker in some lung cancer patients
• Collect 6MWT for patients with clots
• Measure of blood oxygen saturation, glucose, stress, and blood pressure

Other uses for the Apple Watch:

• Collect patient-reported outcomes questionnaire
• Collect quality of life questionnaires
• Send real-time notifications to study teams for potential adverse events
• Receive study notifications
• Collect quality of life questionnaires
• Send real-time notifications to study teams for potential adverse events
• Receive study notifications
• Receive study notifications