Text Messaging Adherence to Stimulant Medication

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Treatments: Other: Text- Messaging; Other: Treatment as usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01967485

2013-P-002161

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if an individualized text messaging intervention for the parents of children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is effective in improving medication adherence and disease management.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or female children ages 6-17 years
• A diagnosis of ADHD (inattentive, hyperactive/impulsive, or combined type) according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) based on clinical assessment and supported by a Clinical Global Impression- ADHD (CGI-ADHD) Severity Score of at least 4 (Moderately Ill)
• Has a parent in possession of a cellular phone with text messaging capabilities and is interested in and willing to receive planned text messages
• Has never been treated with stimulant medication, or has begun treatment with stimulant medication within three months of study enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

• Any serious, unstable, chronic medical condition, per clinician assessment
• Cardiovascular disease
• Current or past history of seizures
• Treatment with stimulant medication beyond three months prior to enrollment
• Pregnant or nursing females
• Investigator and his/her immediate family; defined as the investigator's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, or grandchild
• Unstable psychiatric illness other than ADHD, including, but not limited to: Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Psychosis, Major Depressive Disorder, Anorexia, Bulimia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety Disorders
• History of multiple adverse drug reactions
• Presence of suicidal risk, or homicidality
• Unwilling/unable to comply with study procedures
• Poor command of the English language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Text Messaging

Experimental group

Description:

Text messaging to the parents of children. Children will receive open treatment for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with stimulant medication.

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as usual

Other: Text- Messaging

No Text Messaging

Active Comparator group

Description:

Children will receive open treatment for ADHD with stimulant medication. This group will not get the text messaging intervention, but will receive treatment as usual.

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as usual