Aptus at Home: Co-design of a Home-based Monitoring System for Anaemia

Entia Ltd25 enrolled

Overview

Co-design of a home-based anaemia monitoring system with participants who have previous diagnosis of anaemia.

The device/ monitoring system being developed is called Aptus home. Aptus home measures the haemoglobin and haematocrit levels in blood from a single drop of blood. By measuring these blood parameters, participants are able to monitor anaemia in participants' homes. The use of the device will take place in the participant's home to simulate what the investigators believe will be the ideal location for people who would prefer to self-manage their condition. This study is a unique opportunity to gain feedback on the future design and development of a home-based monitoring system through user evaluation. As this is an adaptive/ iterative study design, this will give the Sponsor the opportunity to make changes to the user interface and user platform based on the feedback received from the end user.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Anemia Iron Deficiency Anemia

Interventions

Blood measurementDEVICE

Single fingerprick to measure haemoglobin and haematocrit measurements using the Aptus Home, anaemia home monitoring system.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Prior diagnosis of anaemia * Commitment to perform finger pricking to use the device every two weeks and complete 2 monthly questionnaires * Participant's willingness to participate in 1 to 1 interviews and, or focus groups * Understands and has a good level of spoken and written English Exclusion Criteria: * No prior diagnosis of anaemia * Not committed to perform two weekly finger pricks to use device and complete 2 monthly questionnaires * Unwilling to attend interviews and focus groups * Doesn't have a good level of written and spoken English

Locations (1)

Entia Ltd, Room G11, Screenworks, Highbury Grove, Highbury and Islington

London, United Kingdom

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Qualitative capture of user feedback- Questionnaires

User feedback gathered from participants using the anaemia monitoring device in participants' homes will be used to inform the changes necessary to develop a successful home-based anaemia monitoring system.

Time frame: 14 months

Qualitative capture of user feedback- focus groups

Time frame: 14 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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