Tracking Recovery From Childhood Cancer Surgery Using Smartwatches and Blood Samples
Studies how children with solid tumors recover after surgery, using smartwatches and blood samples.
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Registry title: Biomarkers of Resiliency In Childhood Cancer Surgery
Key facts
- Where
- Rochester, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 3 and 25 years old?
Source: NCT06674811, who can take part
Where in United States
- Mayo ClinicRochester, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Mayo Clinic
- Trial code
- NCT06674811
- Record updated
- 14 September 2026
- Original description
This observational study is to better understand how children and their families recover after the stress of major surgery for cancer so that investigators can create ways to improve resilience during recovery. The main questions it aims to answer are:Read full original descriptionShow less
Digital Biomarker and Omics-Based Assessment of Surgical Resiliency in Children Undergoing Solid Tumor Resection: A Pilot Feasibility Study
This observational study is to better understand how children and their families recover after the stress of major surgery for cancer so that investigators can create ways to improve resilience during recovery. The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. Can information obtained from patients and their caregivers wearing smartwatches and answering questionnaires be used to measure how patients are recovering from surgery? 2. Are there specific patterns in patients' circulating proteins and metabolites that are associated with stress after surgery?
Participants, including pediatric patients undergoing surgery for cancer and their primary caregiver, will be asked to:
* wear a smartwatch * complete questionnaires * allow for extra blood to be drawn for this research study when they are having their regular blood draws for clinical purposes
These actions will occur at baseline prior to patients' surgery and then afterwards for up to one year. There are no changes to participants' clinical care or surgical care as a result of the study. Investigators will also collect participants' clinical information and cancer-specific outcomes. Participants will be remunerated for their time.
Inclusion: 3-25 years old at enrollment; With solid tumors of the chest, abdomen, and extremities including neuroblastic tumors, sarcoma including soft tissue and bone, kidney tumors, liver tumors, ovarian tumors, lung and pleural-based tumors, and intestinal tumors; -OR-; Guardian or primary caregiver of patient 3-25 years old with one of the aforementioned tumors.
Exclusion: Patients who are known to be pregnant or prisoners.