Using Mobile Health (mHealth) to Improve STI Treatment Adherence Among Adolescents

Children's National

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: mHealth Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04372485

Pro0001427

Details and patient eligibility

About

We will conduct a randomized trial to compare differences in sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment adherence between patients receiving text messages versus those receiving usual care (e.g. no text messages). We hypothesize that STI treatment adherence will be 20% higher among patients randomized to receipt of two-way text messaging services.

Enrollment: 270 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 21 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adolescent patients seen in the Emergency Department who test positive for gonorrhea, chlamydia, or pelvic inflammatory disease and are prescribed outpatient antibiotic treatment.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients will be excluded if they are unable to understand English, are critically ill, have cognitive impairment or if they do not have access to a cellular telephone with text messaging capabilities.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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270 participants in 2 patient groups

mHealth

Other group

Description:

Adolescents enrolled in this arm will receive treatment-related text messages.

Treatment:

Behavioral: mHealth Intervention

Usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Adolescents in this arm will receive usual care.