NCT06352710 · RECRUITING
Determining Postoperative Recovery and the Impact of Adverse Events in Neurosurgery Based on Self-reported, App-based Longitudinal Assessment
This study is testing a free smartphone app called OP-Tracker that asks neurosurgery patients to report how they feel before and after their operation — tracking well-being and any complications over a full year. It is not a drug or device trial in the traditional sense. There is no assigned phase. The goal is to improve how surgical outcomes and side effects are measured and reported using patients' own real-time feedback.
You may qualify if
- Age ≥ 18 years
- The patient must be able to consent
- The patient is willing to provide data upon one year after surgery
- The patient possesses and is capable of using a smartphone (Android or iOS operative systems)
- The patient has the necessary language and cognitive skills to use the smartphone app
- The patient is scheduled for one of the defined operations (see above for both spinal and cranial) and in a stable, non-life-threatening situation (admitted to the regular ward or intermediate care unit (IMC))
- Baseline preoperative SWI and QoL assessment is possible (minimum requirement is one assessment, the latest the day before surgery)
You're excluded if
- Pregnancy
- Foreseeable difficulties using the smartphone or smartphone app
- The presence of a condition that hinders the baseline preoperative assessment
- Health conditions that render inclusion unsafe (e.g., untreated ruptured intracranial aneurysm or congestive heart failure; in general, all patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU))
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2026-03-19