Descrizione del progetto
Intelligenza artificiale e sensori intelligenti per migliorare la gestione della broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva
La broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva (BPCO) identifica un gruppo di malattie correlate a problemi respiratori che interessa milioni di persone nel mondo. La BPCO è molto eterogenea e richiede approcci personalizzati per il trattamento e la gestione. Tuttavia, a causa di effetti extrapolmonari e comorbilità, spesso i pazienti non rispondono ai trattamenti, farmacologici e non. Per affrontare questo problema, il progetto TOLIFE, finanziato dall’UE, propone lo sviluppo di una soluzione basata sull’IA che elabora dati sulla vita quotidiana dei pazienti acquisiti da sensori non intrusivi. La piattaforma basata sull’IA prevedrà le esacerbazioni della BPCO e ne valuterà gli esiti sanitari. Per mezzo di uno strumento di gestione dei pazienti, il medico potrà allora offrire un trattamento tempestivo e personalizzato, migliorando la qualità della vita dei pazienti.
Obiettivo
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent chronic condition. While COPD is a lung disease, it is mainly the exacerbations and extrapulmonary comorbidities which affect the quality of life, health care costs, and prognosis. The optimal COPD treatment needs to focus on both the characteristics and consequences of the lung disease itself and the diagnosis and treatment of comorbidities. While the severity of lung function impairment is routinely assessed, the exacerbations, the associated comorbidities and limitations in daily life are still significantly underestimated. A personalized approach to COPD management is needed to specifically address the disease, prevent exacerbations, and mitigate its comorbidities to obtain a positive impact on patient health and quality of life.
TOLIFE will clinically validate an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to process daily life patient data captured by unobtrusive sensors to enable optimised personalised treatment, assessment of health outcomes and improved quality of life in COPD patients. The TOLIFE approach to COPD management, targeted to predict and mitigate exacerbations and continuously assess the health outcomes, has the potential to reduce mortality, improve health related quality of life and reduce the healthcare costs.
TOLIFE will develop and clinically validate an AI-based platform for the early prediction of exacerbations and assessment of the health outcomes. Prediction of exacerbations and assessment of health outcomes will be exploited by clinicians through a patient management tool to perform early and personalized treatment. TOLIFE platform will inform through a disease information tool the patient and caregivers about the patient's health status, the specific treatment plan and lifestyle indications. Two clinical studies will be implemented, one to collect data for AI-tools development and the other to validate the effectiveness of TOLIFE to reduce the risk of exacerbations.
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
56126 Pisa
Italia