Clinical Trial: Towards Detecting Cocaine Use Using Smartwatches in the NIDA Clinical Trials Network

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Towards Detecting Cocaine Use Using Smartwatches in the NIDA Clinical Trials Network

Brief Summary: The overall objective of this study is to extend previous work in the development of methods to automatically detect the timing of cocaine use from cardiac interbeat interval and physical activity data derived from wearable, unobtrusive mobile sensor technologies. The specific objectives of this protocol are to characterize under which conditions high quality continuous interbeat interval data and physical activity data can be obtained from a specially developed smartwatch device in the natural field setting among a population of cocaine users. In addition to identifying common failure scenarios and understanding wearability/usage patterns when collecting interbeat interval from smartwatches, this study will extend previous work in the detection of cocaine use via interbeat interval and physical activity data that were previously obtained from wearable chestband sensors. Information from this study will contribute toward the adaptation of the investigators' existing computational model for detecting cocaine use via the chest sensors, so it can be applied to the interbeat and physical activity data obtained from less obtrusive smartwatches.

Detailed Summary:

This study will evaluate a smartwatch device for the continuous field assessment of physiological measures, including cardiac interbeat interval and physical activity. These measures have been previously employed using wearable chest sensors to develop a model for the automatic in-the-field detection of the timing of cocaine use; computational models using physiological data of this type have been used in prior research to detect cocaine use and moment-by-moment stress using a mobile sensor suite called AutoSense. AutoSense is a chest-worn device used to collect measures of heart rate via a two-lead electrocardiograph (ECG) and physical activity via 3-axis accelerometers that can be transmitted wirelessly to an Android-based smartphone for initial processing and data storage. The adapted AutoSense protocol will incorporate smartwatches specially designed to continuously detect heart beat timings using optical photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensors rather than ECG leads.

Prior to the start of this protocol, investigators will optimize collection of cardiac interbeat interval data on the smartwatches via a preliminary ambulatory study (with Co-Investigator Ertin at the Ohio State University). The development of the smartwatch device and the initial smartwatch computational model is currently being supported separately (outside of this human subjects protocol) by the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN). Investigators and research assistants at the Ohio State University will wear prototypes of the smartwatch devices and the AutoSense chest sensor during waking hours for five days to capture cardiac interbeat interval data as well as identify initial fit and usability problems with the prototype smartwatch devices and inform its subsequent refinements. This preliminary ambulatory study is a separate protocol being conducted at Ohio State University with overs
Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Current Primary Outcome:

  • Ambulatory physiological and activity data [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
    Data yield of ambulatory physiological and activity data will be used to characterize the feasibility of using smartwatches to collect reliable interbeat interval and physical activity data in the natural field setting, sensor usage patterns (e.g., hours per day of device wear, periods of device removal), and common failure scenarios (e.g., poor sensor data quality, missing data due to removal of the device, or other factors which may affect data yield). Ambulatory physiological and activity data will be collected using passive mobile sensor data collection platforms (AutoSense chest sensors and smartwatches). This data is collected via AutoSense sensors and will utilize participants' heart beats, which will be continually streamed into the database at the Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge Center of Excellence (University of Memphis). This is one assessment with one unit of measurement (heart rate) that will inform the multiple aspects of this outcome.
  • Device wearability [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
    Device wearability (e.g., acceptability and burden) will be characterized via user questionnaires.
  • Cocaine use [ Time Frame: 14 days ]
    Real-time self-report of cocaine use via Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) questionnaire prompts via the smartphone device, retrospective recall of drug use via Timeline Followback (TLFB), and urine drug assay for cocaine and other drugs of abuse will be used to adapt the computational model, so that it can be applied to the interbeat and physical activity data obtained from smartwatches. These measurements of cocaine use will be a

    Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

    Current Secondary Outcome:

    • Device comparison [ Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of 18 months ]
      Data yield will be compared between the smartwatch wrist sensor platform and the AutoSense chest sensors to characterize the conditions under which reliable interbeat interval and physical activity data can be collected with the respective devices in the natural field setting. Comparisons between overall data yield, sensor usage patterns (e.g., hours per day of device wear, periods of device removal), and common failure scenarios (e.g., poor sensor data quality, missing data due to removal of the device, or other factors which may affect data yield) will be conducted between the AutoSense chest sensors and the smartwatch wrist sensor platform to determine if differences exist between the two sensor suites. To achieve this outcome data will be aggregated into one reported value (discrepancies between the devices).
    • Cocaine detection specificity [ Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of 18 months ]
      The degree of specificity of the cocaine detection model will be characterized relative to other stimulant use via precision and recall. To perform this comparison, rates of true positive and false positive cocaine detection events (obtained via physiological sensor data) will be compared when other stimulant drugs of abuse (e.g. amphetamines, methamphetamines) are determined to be present via urine assay for other drugs, real-time self-report of other amphetamine use via EMA, and retrospective recall of drug use via study assessments. Measures will be aggregated to arrive at one reported value, informing investigators of whether other stimulant use affects the model in the same way as cocaine.


    Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

    Information By: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    Dates:
    Date Received: September 20, 2016
    Date Started: December 2016
    Date Completion: February 2018
    Last Updated: September 26, 2016
    Last Verified: September 2016