Adolescent Controlled Text Messaging to Improve Asthma Medication Adherence in Primary Care

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Persistent Asthma

In brief

A randomized controlled trial of a texting intervention to increase adherence to preventative asthma medication in four Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center primary care clinics.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02176694

Run by

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

People needed

29

Starts

2014-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-06-10

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• provider-diagnosed persistent asthma
• prescription of an ICS in accordance in NHLBI Expert Panel Report 3 guidelines for at least 30 days prior to enrollment
• Asthma Control Test (ACT) score less than 20 (indicating lack of current control)
• no provider-diagnosed exacerbation in the 30 days prior to enrollment
• possession of a text-enabled cell phone and a plan to keep it throughout the study period
• agreement by parents (or participants over 18 years old) to any charges levied by their cell phone carrier for text messages associated with the study if they do not have an unlimited texting plan
• speak and read English

You may not qualify if…

• another chronic lung disease (which would complicate measurement of asthma control)
• cognitive or psychiatric disorder that the treating clinician judges would impair study participation
• use of Advair diskus for their ICS (for which no reliable electronic monitor exists)
• current enrollment in another asthma intervention study

Where it is running

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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