Scalable Phenotyping to Assay Risk in Childhood after eXposures in Pregnancy
A research study examining how in-utero exposure to infection may relate to children's development.
About the study
SPARC-XP is conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital, in collaboration with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study investigates how infection during pregnancy may relate to developmental outcomes in children — including language, learning, emotion, and behavior.
Enrolled families complete surveys and remote assessment sessions. As one part of the study, children wear a Fitbit Inspire 3 device for a seven-day period, allowing the study to collect objective measures of physical activity and sleep.
About this application
This application is a backend research data-collection tool used only by authorized study staff. It connects to the Google Health API to retrieve the wearable activity and sleep data of enrolled participants who have consented to the study.
Data is collected through study-managed accounts that contain no identifying personal information, and is associated only with a study-assigned code. The application is not a consumer product and is not available to the public. Data is used solely for the research described above and is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Mass General Brigham research information-security policies.
Contact
Principal Investigator: Andrea G. Edlow, MD, MSc
Study team: mghcqh@mgh.harvard.edu
Mass General Brigham IRB: 857-282-1900
For questions about your rights as a research participant, contact the Mass General Brigham IRB at the number above.