PureTech Founded Entity Sonde Health Announces Respiratory Responsive Vocal Biomarker Tool Differentiates Patients with Respiratory Conditions from Healthy Individuals
PureTech Founded Entity Sonde Health Announces Respiratory Responsive Vocal Biomarker Tool Differentiates Patients with Respiratory Conditions from Healthy Individuals
Study published in JMIR suggests that RRVB tool could help to pre-screen acute respiratory infections, including asymptomatic COVID-19
The RRVB tool had already shown strong performance in differentiating patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease, and cough from healthy individuals. In the new study, conducted in collaboration with
The peer-reviewed study, which was published in the
The full text of the announcement from Sonde is as follows:
Study published in JMIR suggests that RRVB tool could help to pre-screen acute respiratory infections, including asymptomatic COVID-19
The peer-reviewed study, which was published in the
The RRVB tool had already shown strong performance in differentiating patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease, and cough from healthy individuals. In the new study, conducted in collaboration with
"We have shown that the same technology originally developed for asthma and COPD can be applied to pre-screen for COVID-19 with meaningful sensitivity and specificity," said
The study enrolled 497 participants across four clinical sites in
Dr.
The RRVB tool was originally developed and tested using a diverse dataset that included over 3,000 patients with respiratory conditions, including asthma, COPD, and interstitial lung disease, as well as healthy individuals. The data was collected from more than 20 hospitals across
The COVID-19 validation study tested this tool for its ability to differentiate patients with COVID-19 from healthy individuals with data collected from
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