A Text Messaging (SMS) Intervention to Improve Adherence to Stimulant Medication in Adults With ADHD in the Primary Care Setting

Mass General Brigham

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Treatments: Other: SMS Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT04189575

2018-P-000591

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will assess the efficacy of the text messaging (SMS-based) disease management intervention to improve adherence to stimulants in adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) within the Partners primary and psychiatry care settings.

Participants in the study will receive customized text messages twice a day, every day, for a duration of 9 months. The text messages will include reminders to adhere to the individualized medication regimen, reminders to call their clinician for a prescription refill followed by reminders to pick up medication from the pharmacy, and educational reminders about ADHD and its treatment

Enrollment: 117 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female adults ages 18-55 years
• Receipt of a prescription for stimulant medication by their primary care physician or psychiatrist
• Proficient in English
• Has a cellular phone with text messaging capabilities and is interested in and willing to receive free of charge planned text messages

Exclusion criteria

• Investigator and his/her immediate family
• Unwilling/unable to comply with study procedures

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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117 participants in 1 patient group

SMS Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

All subjects will receive customized text messages twice a day, every day for 9 months that will include reminders to adhere to the individualized medication regimen, reminders to call their clinician for a prescription refill followed by reminders to pick up medication from the pharmacy, and educational reminders about ADHD and its treatment.

Treatment:

Other: SMS Intervention