Diagnosing Respiratory Disease in Children Using Cough Sounds

ResApp Health Limited1,245 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this prospective study is to evaluate the efficacy of the ResAppDx software application in diagnosis of pneumonia and other respiratory conditions (bronchiolitis, asthma/reactive airway disease, croup, upper or lower respiratory tract infections) in infants and children. Patient's cough sounds will be recorded using a smartphone and analysed using the ResAppDx software. The ResAppDx diagnosis will be compared to radiologic diagnosis and/or clinical diagnosis. The ResAppDx diagnosis will not be provided to the clinician or patient.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,245

Conditions

Pneumonia Bronchiolitis Asthma Croup Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Reactive Airway Disease

Recording of Infants and Children's Cough SoundsOTHER

Smartphone recordings of the cough sounds of infants and children presenting to a participating site with signs or symptoms of respiratory disease

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 29 DaysMax age: 12 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Infant or child aged 29 days - 12 years * Presenting to the study site with signs or symptoms of respiratory disease including cough, wheezing, stridor, chest in-drawing/retractions, difficulty breathing, fast breathing, abnormal lung sounds on exam, cyanosis/hypoxemia. * Coughing spontaneously or able to cough voluntarily Exclusion Criteria: * Lack of a signed consent form from parent or legal guardian * Lack of signed assent form for children aged 7 years or older who, in the opinion of the investigator, is able to provide assent based on their age, maturity or psychological state. * Need for mechanical ventilatory support (including invasive, continuous positive airway pressure, or bilevel positive airway pressure) or high flow nasal cannula * Any medical contraindication to voluntary cough, including (only enrolled if coughing spontaneously): severe respiratory distress, history of pneumothorax, eye/chest/abdominal surgery in past 3 months, hemoptysis in the past month, or too medically unstable to participate in study per treating clinician. * Subject previously enrolled * Tracheostomy present or tube placed

Locations (3)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Cleveland Clinic Children's

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, Texas, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Diagnosis of pneumonia

Positive percent agreement and negative percent agreement to diagnose and rule out pneumonia as compared with a radiologic diagnosis. Positive percent agreement and negative percent agreement to diagnose and rule out pneumonia as compared with a clinical diagnosis.

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Diagnosis of other childhood respiratory diseases

Positive percent agreement and negative percent agreement to diagnose and rule out: lower respiratory tract involvement, bronchiolitis, asthma/reactive airway disease, upper respiratory tract infection and/or croup, as compared with a clinical diagnosis.