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title: Remote Study of an Electronic Means to Characterize Bowel Movements in Adult Populations
nct_id: NCT04182048
overall_status: UNKNOWN
sponsor: HealthMode Inc.
study_type: OBSERVATIONAL
primary_condition: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
countries: United States
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clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04182048"
ct_last_update_post_date: 2022-04-25
last_seen_at: "2026-05-12T06:44:29.213Z"
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# Remote Study of an Electronic Means to Characterize Bowel Movements in Adult Populations

**NCT ID:** [NCT04182048](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04182048)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Study Type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 843
- **Lead Sponsor:** HealthMode Inc.
- **Conditions:** Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Healthy
- **Start Date:** 2019-09-14
- **Completion Date:** 2022-07
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2022-04-25

## Brief Summary

A remote study to find out if a mobile phone application (HealthMode Stool) can serve as a useful tool to track and characterize daily bowel movements. The application provides participants with a single place to record their bowel movements either as a part of their general health self-monitoring, or because they may be dealing with a bowel movement condition. The minimal study duration is 1 month, and participants can continue using the application up to 2 years.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Sex:** ALL
- **Healthy Volunteers:** Yes

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Females and males over 18 years old
* Willing to use their own/personal mobile phone (iPhone 6 or higher, running iOS 11 or higher) for participation
* Willing to share demographic data with the sponsor of the study
* Willing to follow app use instructions during the course of the study
* Willing to log the bowel movement events on a daily basis with manual input of additional characteristics
* Willing to complete survey instruments as described in study procedures
* Willing to provide electronic informed consent
* Able to read and understand the english language well enough to complete electronic informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* New to HealthMode Stool application:
* No additional exclusion criteria.

OR

* Current HealthMode Stool User:
* Is an active participant in any other study using HealthMode Stool app in its protocol.
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## Arms

- **All patients**

## Primary Outcomes

- **Dataset completeness** _(time frame: 28 days)_ — Aiming for 90% in two dataset completeness aspects: bowel movement entry days and bowel movement characteristics completeness.

## Secondary Outcomes

- **Daily bowel movement characteristics and fluctuation** _(time frame: 28 days)_
- **Daily bowel movement characteristics and fluctuation** _(time frame: 28 days)_
- **Daily bowel movement characteristics and fluctuation** _(time frame: 28 days)_
- **Usability of the application** _(time frame: 28 days)_

## Locations (1)

- Virtual Facility, The Bronx, New York, United States

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