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Effects of Smartphone-based Treatment for Bipolar Disorder - the Smart Bipolar

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Bipolar Disorder
Interventions
Device: The Monsenso system without feedback
Device: CAG Bipola and mood monitoring only
Device: The Monsenso system with feedback
Registration Number
NCT04230421
Lead Sponsor
Mental Health Services in the Capital Region, Denmark
Brief Summary

The Smart Bipolar RCT is a pragmatic RCT aiming to investigate effects of smartphone-based add on treatment in large scale clinical practice (N= 200 patients).

Detailed Description

Bipolar disorder is a complex illness with a complex treatment that differs during manic, depressed, and remitted states, frequently leaving patients with decreased quality of life and impaired psychosocial function. IT solutions have during recent years emerged as a possible way to optimize treatment, but the effects of digital health interventions are rarely investigated scientifically in health care services.

This is an application from the entire Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark including all psychiatric centers in the region. The Smart Bipolar randomized controlled trial is a pragmatic trial aiming to investigate the effects of smartphone-based add-on treatment in large-scale clinical practice (N= 200 patients). Findings from the study will have a great impact on future IT monitoring and treatment in bipolar disorder.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  • All patients in CAG Bipolar, i.e., with a main diagnosis of bipolar disorder in the five large centers, in the Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark (Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Psychiatric Center Hilleroed, Psychiatric Center Amager, Psychiatric Center Glostrup and Psychiatric Center Ballerup)
Exclusion Criteria
  • None

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Monsenso without feedbackThe Monsenso system without feedbackDaily smartphone-based monitoring and treatment using the Monsenso system WITHOUT a clinical feedback loop feedback.
ControlCAG Bipola and mood monitoring onlyCAG Bipolar treatment alone and daily mood monitoring using only the mood monitoring part of the Monsenso system.
Monsenso with feedbackThe Monsenso system with feedbackDaily smartphone-based monitoring and treatment using the Monsenso system with a clinical feedback loop feedback.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Daily self-reported mood instability via MonsensoDuring the entire study period of 6 months per participant

Mood measured daily via smartphones on a scale form -3 to +3.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Risk of psychiatric hospitalizationDuring the entire study period of 6 months per participant

Data on hospitalization according to data from the population-based Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register will be collected and analyzed with survival statistics. Assessed blinded for the intervention status.

Patient-evaluated manic symptoms according to the Altman Self-rating Scale for ManiaBaseline and 6 months

Higher scores indicate higher severity of manic symptoms. Patient evaluated.

Perceived stress according to Cohen's Perceived stress scaleBaseline and 6 months

Patient evaluated. Scores between 0-40. Higher score indicate higher perceived stress.

Cumulated duration of psychiatric hospitalizationDuring the entire study period of 6 months per participant

Data on hospitalization according to data from the population-based Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register will be collected and analyzed with survival statistics. Assessed blinded for the intervention status.

Quality of life according to WHO Quality of Life-BREFBaseline and 6 months

Scored between 0-100. Higher scores indicate higher quality of life. Patient evaluated

Patient-evaluated depressive symptoms according to the Major Depressive InventoryBaseline and 6 months

Higher scores indicate higher severity of depressive symptoms. Patient evaluated.

Satisfaction with care according to scores on the Verona Satisfaction Scale-Affective DisorderBaseline and 6 months

Patient evaluated. Higher scores indicate higher satisfaction with treatment.

Adherence to the Danish national guidelines of medical treatment of bipolar disorder according to use of the three main maintenance mood stabilizers for bipolar disorder: lithium, lamotrigine or quetiapine and the use of antidepressantsDuring the entire study period of 6 months

Adherence to medication will be an additional outcome measure in arms 1 and 2 of the RCT based on daily self-monitoring of medication via the Monsenso system.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet

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Copenhagen, Denmark

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