Is a Smartphone Application Effective as an Oral Medication Adherence Aid

University of Arkansas

Status and phase: Terminated; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Hypertension; Diabetes; Dyslipidemia

Treatments: Other: Medication Adherence Smartphone App

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01968876

202266

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research will act as a pilot study that will be conducted to determine the effectiveness of a smartphone medication adherence application on adherence to oral hypertensive, diabetic, and dyslipidemic medications using a prospective randomized design. Subjects will be recruited from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Internal Medicine Clinic North, and the study data will be collected using only subject self-reports and subject pharmacy records.

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males and females at least 18 years of age
• Provide informed consent
• Prescribed an oral medication indicated for hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidemia during 12 weeks pre-enrollment
• Own a smartphone (Android or iOS) with unlimited text messaging, email access, and app store access
• Oral confirmation that the subject has not previously used a medication adherence app
• Able to consult with a pharmacy or medical student during the recruitment process for purposes of consent, data collection, and/or medication reconciliation, and/or MyMedSchedule registration

Exclusion criteria

• Severely impaired vision
• Reside in a nursing home
• Non-ambulatory/bedridden
• Not fluent in English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard Care

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will not use the medication adherence app

Medication Adherence Smartphone App

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group will receive the medication adherence app on their smartphone and will have their entire outpatient medication list pushed to the application. Text message reminders will be sent to their phones at the appropriate times.

Treatment:

Other: Medication Adherence Smartphone App