Incentives for Medication Adherence in Adolescents With Asthma
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 52
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in adherence rates
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Financial incentives have been suggested as a possible means for increasing adherence to asthma medications. This study will evaluate an incentive strategy (daily small reward for adherence) in maintaining high levels of adherence as tracked by adherence sensors in adolescents with asthma.
Detailed Description
Two groups will be enrolled. The control group will have mediation monitoring sensors placed on their controller inhalers. The treatment group will also have the monitoring sensors placed on their medications, however they will be paid up to $1 per day for perfect adherence for 3 months. Both groups will be monitored for 4 months. 10 subjects will be chosen from each group to complete semi-structured phone interviews
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to 17 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •physician diagnosed asthma
- •on at least one inhaled controller medication
Exclusion Criteria
- •language other than English or Spanish (these are the only languages supported by the adherence monitoring application)
- •other severe chronic lung disease including tracheostomy/ventilator dependence, interstitial lung disease or cystic fibrosis, or significant developmental delay.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in adherence rates
Time Frame: Daily for 12 weeks
This Outcome will measure the difference in adherence at the end of the study period between the 2 groups as measured by the adherence devices (calculated as percent adherence per week over the 12 week study period).
Secondary Outcomes
- Changes in Qualitative outcomes - Barriers(After 3 months of monitoring)
- Changes in Qualitative outcomes - Incentives(After 3 months of monitoring)
- Changes in Qualitative outcomes - Facilitators(After 3 months of monitoring)