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NCT Number: NCT00917410

Mobile Phone Text for Optimizing Asthma Treatment

The study aims at providing information on how the Short Message Service (SMS) tool influences self-management in asthma patients and to assess the resulting health related effect. A wide range of models and theories exist in the compliance area, such as technical models, communication models, cognitive models and self-management models and theories. The use of some of these theories and models will serve as theoretical and explanatory tools for studying how and why the SMS tool influences the patient's self-management.

Objective:

The objective of this study is to assess the health-related effects of a SMS compliance and monitoring system for optimized asthma treatment in a controlled trial setting.

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Key information

Conditions

Asthma Bronchial Diseases Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, Immediate Immune System Diseases Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory Tract Diseases

Age range

18 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • asthmatics

Exclusion criteria

  • below 18 and above 45
  • COPD patients
  • no mobile phone
  • not using the prescribed asthma inhalation medication

Treatment and study plan

SMS support

Behavioral

The intervention consisted of sequences of SMS messages sent to the intervention group, each containing 2 or 3 monitoring questions and one reminder to take the preventive medication. The SMS sequence was as follows.

  • Remember to take your preventive asthma medication (sent at 8.00 am).
  • Were you awakened during the night due to your asthma? Answer YES or NO.
  • How many times have you taken your asthma attack medication during the last 24 hours? Answer a number.
  • What was your peak flow this morning? Answer a number (optional, depending on the participant's use of a spirometer prior to the study).

Primary outcomes

  1. Asthma control test

  2. EQ-5D

    Time frame: 0, 45, 90 days

  3. Use of health services

    Time frame: 0, 45, 90 days

  4. Use of preventive medicine

    Time frame: 0, 45, 90 days

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Copenhagen

Other

Collaborators

  • MedicoMonitor Aps
  • The Ministry of Health and Prevention, Denmark

Registry information

Official study title

Assessment of the Health Related Effects of Compliance Optimization in Asthma Through Use of SMS (Short Message System) - A Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2008
First posted
Jun 10, 2009
Registry last updated
Jun 10, 2009

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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