Continuous timely monitoring of core temperature with two wearable devices in pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer – a comparison study

Purpose Pediatric patients with cancer often develop chemotherapy-induced fever in neutropenia (FN), requiring emergency broad-spectrum antibiotics. Continuous temperature monitoring can lead to earlier FN detection and therapy with improved outcomes. We aimed to compare the feasibility of continuous core temperature monitoring with timely data availability between two wearable devices (WDs) in pediatric oncology patients undergoing chemotherapy. Methods In this prospective observational two-center study, 20 patients (median age: 8 years) undergoing chemotherapy simultaneously wore two WDs (CORE®, Everion®) for 14 days. The predefined goal was core temperature recorded in sufficient quality and available within ≤ 30 min during ≥ 18/24 h for ≥ 7/14 days in more than 15 patients. Results More patients reached the goal with CORE® ( n = 13) versus Everion® ( n = 3) (difference, 50% p