Using Mobile Phones to Improve Adherence to Inhaled Steroids

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

This study has two main goals. The first goal is to test whether a mobile phone intervention can increase adherence to daily inhaled steroid medications in African American adolescents prescribed this type of medication by his/her asthma doctor. The second goal is to use a mobile phone intervention to better understand real life patterns of use of quick-relief (beta2-adrenergic agonist) asthma medication in this population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01710059

Run by

Rush University Medical Center

People needed

12

Starts

2012-12-01

Expected to finish

2013-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-02-12

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 11-16 years of age
• self-identify as African American
• have persistent asthma
• be on a prescription daily inhaled corticosteroid medication for asthma
• be on a prescription inhaled beta2-adrenergic agonist medication for asthma

You may not qualify if…

• candidate refusal
• the presence of other co-morbidities that could interfere wtih study participation
• > 60% adherence to inhaled corticosteroid medication, measured by the electronic dose counter, during the run-in period

Where it is running

• Rush University Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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