Using MyHealthPal to track wound healing after spinal or intrathecal pump surgery

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

Participants choose whether to use the MyHealthPal app or receive standard follow-up. App users download the app before surgery and upload wound photos and short symptom questionnaires on a daily or weekly schedule after their procedure. A healthcare provider together with the app's AI algorithm reviews images and responses to estimate infection risk, while control participants have their medical records monitored intermittently for infections. The study lasts about 16 weeks and is conducted at Brigham and Women's Pain Management Center.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults (18 years old and older).
* Ability to understand consent process and questionnaires. Patients with ready access to a smartphone, compatible smart device (operating system 5.0 version, also known as Lollipop, for Android and 13 or later version for iOS), smartphone aptitude, smartphone with sufficient memory space for the relevant app, and willingness to participate in the study as assessed by a questionnaire.
* Patients undergoing one of the following surgeries within the Brigham and Women's Pain Management Practice:

  1. Spinal cord stimulator implantation
  2. Spinal cord stimulator explant
  3. Spinal cord stimulator revision
  4. Intrathecal pump implantation
  5. Intrathecal pump explant
  6. Intrathecal pump revision
* Ability to attend all standard surgery follow-up appointments at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
* Ability to understand and sign written informed consent documents.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cognitive or physical impairment that would prevent patient from entering data in MHP.
* Any acute or chronic condition that would limit the ability of the patient to participate in the study.
* Any patient who is experiencing an ongoing infection prior to undergoing a surgical revision/explant

Where it's running

• Brigham and Women's Pain Management Center - 850 Boylston St
  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Olivia M Sutton, MD — Brigham and Women's Anesthesiology Department
• Study coordinator: Meghan L Cabral
• Email: mlcabral@bwh.harvard.edu
• Phone: 617-732-9502

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.