Validation Study of Selfie Technology for Assessment of Vital Signs

A Validation Study Comparing the Heart Rate, Respiratory Rate, Heart Rate Variability and Blood Pressure Obtained by Video Selfie Using the DocMe® Technology With Those Obtained by Direct Measurement in Healthy People

The aim of this study is to compare accuracy of DocMe, a video technology developed by DocMe Health Technologies, with previously validated medical devices used for measurements of heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate and blood pressure in adults.

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: Healthy

Detailed Description

Photoplethysmography (PPG) makes uses of low-intensity infrared (IR) light. When light travels through biological tissues, it is absorbed by bones, skin pigments and both venous and arterial blood. However, as light is more strongly absorbed by blood than the surrounding tissues, the changes in blood flow can be detected by PPG sensors as changes in the intensity of light.

The signal from PPG is proportional to the quantity of blood flowing through the blood vessels and even small changes in blood volume can be detected using this method. Analysis of the waveform can provide information on a range of physiological measurements affecting the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. PPG is widely used in medicine in the form of pulse oximeters using sensors applied to peripheral digits.

Recently, it has been shown that PPG data can be obtained using images acquired from videos taken using the camera on smartphones and there is now a significant and growing body of published literature to support this.

DocMe Health Technologies has developed a system of obtaining these data using a 15 second video selfie.

At this time, the technology has been shown to be reasonably accurate when compared to home devices in healthy subjects. However, to make the technology more widely useful, the results obtained by video selfies need to be formally validated.

The aim of the study therefore is to compare measurements obtained from video selfies with measurements taken using already validated machines in the same patients.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 300

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United Kingdom
  • Oxfordshire
    • Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX3 9DU
      • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 100 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

We will seek to adhere to ISO (81060-2:2018)guidelines and AHA BP consensus standards.

• at least 5% population reference range systolic BP <100mmHg
• at least 5% population reference range systolic BP >160mmHg
• at least 20% population reference range systolic BP >140mmHg
• at least 5% population reference range diastolic BP <60mmHg
• at least 5% population reference range diastolic BP >100mmHg
• at least 20% population reference range diastolic BP >80mmHg

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults (18 - 90 years old).
• Participants must be willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study, and considered fit for the study by the nurse.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Heart Rate	Heart Rate (beats/minute) assessed 3 times at 10 minute intervals on one occasion	Baseline
Blood Pressure	Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure assessed 3 times at 10 minute intervals on one occasion	Baseline
Respiratory Rate	Respiratory Rate in respirations/min assessed visually or oximeter if it has the capability assessed 3 times at 10 minute intervals on one occasion	Baseline
Heart Rate Variability	HRV (ms) assessed 3 times at 10 minute intervals on one occasion	Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: DocMe Technologies Ltd
• Collaborators: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Alex T Novak, MRCGP FRCEM, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Barszczyk A, Lee K. Measuring Blood Pressure: from Cuff to Smartphone. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2019 Oct 10;21(11):84. doi: 10.1007/s11906-019-0990-3.
• Luo H, Yang D, Barszczyk A, Vempala N, Wei J, Wu SJ, Zheng PP, Fu G, Lee K, Feng ZP. Smartphone-Based Blood Pressure Measurement Using Transdermal Optical Imaging Technology. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Aug;12(8):e008857. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.119.008857. Epub 2019 Aug 6.
• Chowdhury MH, Shuzan MNI, Chowdhury MEH, Mahbub ZB, Uddin MM, Khandakar A, Reaz MBI. Estimating Blood Pressure from the Photoplethysmogram Signal and Demographic Features Using Machine Learning Techniques. Sensors (Basel). 2020 Jun 1;20(11):3127. doi: 10.3390/s20113127.
• Humphreys K, Ward T, Markham C. Noncontact simultaneous dual wavelength photoplethysmography: a further step toward noncontact pulse oximetry. Rev Sci Instrum. 2007 Apr;78(4):044304. doi: 10.1063/1.2724789.
• Kong L, Zhao Y, Dong L, Jian Y, Jin X, Li B, Feng Y, Liu M, Liu X, Wu H. Non-contact detection of oxygen saturation based on visible light imaging device using ambient light. Opt Express. 2013 Jul 29;21(15):17464-71. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.017464.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 28, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 23, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 23, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): December 29, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 7, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 5, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Smartphone; Photoplethysmography; Blood Pressure; Heart Rate; Respiratory Rate; Vital Signs; Video Selfie; DocMe
• Other Study ID Numbers: PRFX-2020-01-DocMe

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No