Mobile Systems Research Lab

RELOAD Study

RELOAD: REspiratory disease progression through LOngitudinal Audio Data machine learning.

What is the RELOAD study?
This study will explore whether sounds such as breathing, speaking and coughing can be used to predict whether someone with a cough or cold is likely to get better or worse. Artificial intelligence (AI) will be used to analyse recordings made by volunteers on their smartphones. We are looking for adults (aged 18 or more) to take part in the study. We need both people who do not currently have a cough, and those who do.

Why is this study important?
If it works, such analysis could:

• advise patients if they need to see a doctor,
• reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing, and
• reduce hospital admissions by recognising patients who are at higher risk.

Privacy Statement
The University of Cambridge is the sponsor for this study based in the United Kingdom. We will be using information from you in order to undertake this study and will act as the data controller for this study. This means that we are responsible for looking after your information and using it properly. The University of Cambridge will keep identifiable information about you for 10 years after the study has finished.
Your rights to access, change or move your information are limited, as we need to manage your information in specific ways in order for the research to be reliable and accurate. If you withdraw from the study, we will keep the information about you that we have already obtained. To safeguard your rights, we will use the minimum personally-identifiable information possible.
For further general information about the University of Cambridge’s use of your personal data as a participant in a research study, please see here.

Contact
Principal Investigator: Professor Cecilia Mascolo