# Investigation of a Link Between Heart Rate Variability and Frailty in Geriatric Patients

> **NCT03585985** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **RWTH Aachen University** · enrollment: 20 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Fragility

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Standard patient monitor
- **PROCEDURE:** Photoplethysmographie-Imaging (PPGI) + Infrared thermography (IRT)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03585985
- **Lead sponsor:** RWTH Aachen University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-07-01
- **Primary completion:** 2019-04-12
- **Final completion:** 2019-04-12
- **Target enrollment:** 20 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-09-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03585985

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03585985, "Investigation of a Link Between Heart Rate Variability and Frailty in Geriatric Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03585985. Licensed CC0.

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