An SMS Intervention to Improve Adherence to Stimulant Medications in Adults With ADHD

Mass General Brigham

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Treatments: Other: SMS Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT04189536

2016-P-001087

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).

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: 125 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female adults 18 to 55 years
• A diagnosis of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Diploma in Social Medicine (DSM-V) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder based on clinical assessment
• Is starting stimulant medication or has begun treatment with stimulant medication within six months of study enrollment
• Proficient in English
• Has a cellular phone with text messaging capabilities and is interested in and willing to receive text messages

Exclusion criteria

• Serious chronic medical or psychiatric condition that, in the investigator's opinion, puts the subject at risk for taking a stimulant
• Pregnant or nursing females
• 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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125 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