Adaptive Cell Phone Support (ACPS)

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Medication Adherence

• Registration Number: NCT07064824
• Lead Sponsor: Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Brief Summary

The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to test a mobile health intervention for promoting medication adherence in a population of adolescents and young adults with chronic health conditions. The main question it aims to answer is:

-Is an adaptive intervention (personalizing the intensity of support based on patients' needs) efficacious for promoting medication adherence Researchers will compare the adaptive intervention to automated text message reminders see if the adaptive intervention shows stronger positive effects on medication adherence.

Detailed Description

Plan to enroll 96 participants in this study, which is a sequential randomized trial.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Study First Submitted: 2025-07-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-07
• Study First Posted: 2025-07-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-28
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-30
• Study Start: 2027-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2029-07-30
• Study Completion: 2030-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

• Children's Hospital Los Angeles patient
• between 15-20 years old
• taking at least one oral medication per day for a chronic health condition
• English speaking
• demonstrating sufficient cognitive capacity to engage in the assent/consent process and study procedures

There is no exclusion criteria.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SEQUENTIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean scores on the Mobile Health App Usability Questionnaire	Baseline to 12 weeks	Higher scores indicate greater ease with which users can use technology to achieve a particular goal; the minimum value of this questionnaire is 1 and the maximum value is 7.
Total scores on the theoretical framework of acceptability questionnaire	Baseline to 12 weeks	Higher scores indicate a greater "extent to which people delivering or receiving a healthcare intervention consider it to be appropriate, based on anticipated or experienced cognitive and emotional responses to the intervention"; the minimum value of this questionnaire is 7 and the maximum value is 35.
Total scores on the Visual Analogue Scale	Baseline to 12 weeks	Percentage of doses taken our of 100%; higher numbers indicate greater medication adherence. This scale presents participants with a line, marked 0 on the left and 100 on the right, and participants can drag a marker to the place on the line that best visually indicated their adherence.
Total scores on Rollnick's Readiness Ruler	Baseline to 12 weeks	Higher scores on this measure indicate more motivation to take medication as prescribed; the minimum value of this questionnaire is 0 and the maximum value is 10.
Total Transition Readiness scores on the Successful Transition to Adulthood with Therapeutic = Rx Questionnaire	Baseline to 12 weeks	Higher scores on extent to which patients are prepared to manage their health condition as adults, outside of the pediatric system; ; the minimum value of this questionnaire is 0 and the maximum value is 90.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Children Hospital Los Angeles; 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States