Cardiovascular Physiological Signal Recording Project

June 24, 2025 updated by: Tam Tsz Kin, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Vital sign monitoring is important for patients, especially those with underlying cardiovascular diseases. Traditional monitoring including SaO2, blood pressure, pulse, rhythm monitoring can be cumbersome, with wires and cuff attached to a patient. This can lead to reduced compliance, especially in uncooperative patients or young kids. The use of photoplethysmography (PPG) is simple and is widely used clinically to achieve continuous monitoring of SaO2, respiratory rate and pulse rate. PPG also contains important physiological signals that can correlate with blood pressure.

Remote PPG (rPPG) with can be collected by cameras. This is being developed to achieve contactless monitoring. Theoretically, by analyzing video recording, the fluctuation of intensity of lights reflected from patients' body surface can be measured. Physiological parameters such as heart rate, SaO2, and blood pressure can then be calculated. However, because of environmental signal contamination, motion artefacts and other limitations, rPPG remains inaccurate for routine clinical use. To improve accuracy of PPG recordings, machine learning approach has been attempted. This study aims to gather physiological data from patients to train these models.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Detailed Description

This is an observational study. The physiological signal collected includes blood pressure, pulse rate, respiratory rate, SaO2, cardiac rhythm. PPG signals will be extracted from dedicated devices such as commercially available SaO2 monitors. Remote PPG signals will be collected if patient consent for video recording.

Patient demographic data, including age, sex, past medical history, medication history, body weight and height, etc, may be collected to validate training of this model.

After collection of these data, machine learning approach will be used to analyze these recordings and correlate them with PPG and rPPG data.

After their enrollment, during the duration of the study, patient's electronic record may be accessed in the next 5 years to explore any association of PPG or rPPG signals and long term outcome.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

198

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients in Prince of Wales Hospital

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients > 18 years old
  2. Has a known medical disease
  3. Able to comply with recording of physiological signals

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who are not able to provide informed consent

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Recording of PPG and rPPG
The physiological signal collected includes blood pressure, pulse rate, respiratory rate, SaO2, cardiac rhythm. PPG signals will be extracted from dedicated devices such as commercially available SaO2 monitors. Remote PPG signals will be collected if patient consent for video recording.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Development of a model using PPG and rPPG
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 4 years
To develop a model using PPG and rPPG to accurately measure physiological signals
through study completion, an average of 4 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 14, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

March 1, 2029

Study Completion (Estimated)

March 1, 2030

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 13, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 24, 2025

First Posted (Estimated)

June 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

June 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 24, 2025

Last Verified

June 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PPG study

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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