Recovery trajectory following colorectal surgery
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A pilot study investigating the use of a remote monitoring system in surgical patients following discharge after major colorectal surgery
IRAS ID
180841
Contact name
David Jayne
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 2 days
Research summary
Colorectal surgery has a complication rate of up to 30% and up to 20% of patients are readmitted following discharge. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programmes have reduced hospital stays from 8-12 days to 5–10 days following major colorectal resection, with an emphasis on early mobilisation to minimise complications. Apollo Medical Information Systems specialise in bespoke digital integration platforms for the performance management of elite athletes. Apollo, in combination with researchers at the University of Leeds, is developing a platform to host an integrated postoperative recovery system for remote monitoring of postoperative patients. With this system, the patient can access an online interface and upload data about their daily activity, physiological and psychological wellbeing. The data is integrated into a summary “postoperative recovery score” that enables the treating physician to monitor daily patient progress. The system can be used with any number of data collection devices – for example, the Nike FuelBand, which collects daily activity data on a wristband and synchs via Bluetooth to a mobile phone for data upload to the Apollo web interface. When used in the postoperative period, the combination of a wearable patient monitoring device with the integrating Apollo platform has the potential to detect patients who vary from the normal “recovery trajectory” and are therefore at risk of developing complications. Detection of patients at risk will allow for earlier physician intervention with remedial action as necessary.
This pilot study aims to determine the efficacy of the Apollo system in terms of completeness of data collection and acceptability to patients. The data collected from this study will be used to develop the Apollo platform but will not be used to guide treatment at this time.
REC name
East of England - Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/EE/0342
Date of REC Opinion
9 Oct 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion