Text Messaging for Adherence in Adolescent Liver Transplant Recipients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Liver Transplant; Adherence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Text Message Reminder

• Registration Number: NCT01696331
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

Text message reminders will improve adherence to lab tests in adolescent liver transplant recipients.

Detailed Description

Adolescent patients who received a liver transplant will be recruited to participate in receiving text message reminders for lab tests. They will be send de-identified messages according to their required lab schedule. The investigators will monitor their adherence to lab tests as well as medication and clinic visits. They will also have a questionnaire about their medical regimen before and at the end of the study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-09
• Study First Submitted: 2012-09-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-09-28
• Study First Posted: 2012-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2013-01
• Study Completion: 2013-01
• Status Verified: 2018-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 2018-04-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient >12 years
• Received liver transplant
• Followed by Stanford Liver Transplant Team

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Exclusion Criteria

• No personal cell phone

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Text Message Reminder	Text Message Reminder	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adherence to lab tests	One year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Texting responses	1 year	Correspondence between actual completion of tests versus reported

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital; 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States