Effect of a Smartphone Application on Oral Contraceptive Adherence in College Females

Belmont University

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Adherence to Oral Contraceptive Therapy

Treatments: Device: Smartphone App Dosecast

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01947842

BUCOP-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research study is to see if smartphone applications help college women remember to take birth control better than pharmacist consultation alone. Patients will participate in this study for 6 (six) months. The study will have two groups. Patients will be randomly assigned to one group or the other. The control group will be counseled by the pharmacist on the importance of taking birth control as prescribed. The study group will get the same counseling, but will also be set up to receive reminders to take medication on a smartphone application called Dosecast.

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 29 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female gender
• 18-29 years of age
• current prescription for an OCP
• currently enrolled as a student at the institution associated with the pharmacy
• possession of a compatible smartphone.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant patients
• Patients who become pregnant during the study will discontinue, but their data up until time of discontinuation will be used
• Patients using other forms of contraception (patch, injection, IUD, intra-vaginal ring, implant).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Smartphone App

Experimental group

Description:

The pharmacist will download and configure the Dosecast smartphone application to remind the patient to take their medication in addition to pharmacist counseling on the importance of adherence.

Treatment:

Device: Smartphone App Dosecast

Counseling Alone

No Intervention group

Description:

This arm will receive only counseling from the pharmacist with no other intervention.