Collabree: A Targeted Behavioral Economics-based Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in Patients With Hypertension

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

This a clinical study to improve medication adherence among patients with hypertension in Switzerland. Adult men and women who suffer from high blood pressure and have been prescribed a therapy consisting of at least 4 tablets per day can participate in this study. The investigators intend to examine whether Collabree, a mobile phone application, is effective in supporting patients with hypertension to more successfully following their therapy plan. The study will also investigate if the use of Collabree can help lower blood pressure. The study consists of 4 visits that take place during a 90-day adherence promotion program plus a 90-day follow-up period. There is also a screening visit before the study to determine whether the participants qualify for the study. The visits are carried out at the University Hospital Basel. Each visit lasts about 1-2 hours. During the visits, blood pressure is measured in the clinic and also through 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Participants will also fill out questionnaires. Participants are randomly assigned to one of 3 groups in a ratio of 1: 1: 1. Two of these groups will receive the Collabree mobile phone application. All participants will receive a box for storing their antihypertensive medication. This box serves as a system for measuring medication intake as it records the time the box is opened and closed. Standard care will given to all participants.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Informed consent as documented by signature

• Over 18 years of age at date of randomization

• Primary or secondary arterial hypertension

• Patient in an outpatient clinical setting

• Prescribed a therapy consisting of 4 or more tablets taken per day

• Stable medication regime that patient has been taking for at least 4 weeks

• Participant administers their own medications

• Participant owns a smartphone with a data plan or constant internet access during the study visits and at home to use the application

• Minimal required smartphone operating system is iOS 12 and Android 8 (Oreo)

⁃ Adequate communication in German or Swiss-German (all study documentation will only be set to the German language).

Locations
Other Locations
Switzerland
University Hospital Basel
RECRUITING
Basel
Contact Information
Primary
Anjali Raja Beharele, PhD
anjali.rajabeharelle@collabree.com
+41 (0)78 973 7756
Backup
Pascal Kurz
pascal.kurz@collabree.com
+41 (0)79 963 51 52
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-07-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-02
Participants
Target number of participants: 180
Treatments
Experimental: Intervention Group A
Patients receive the Collabree mobile phone application with a specific set of functions and standard care.
Experimental: Intervention Group B
Patients receive the Collabree mobile phone application with a specific set of functions and standard care.
No_intervention: Control Group
Patients will not receive the Collabree application and will continue to receive standard care.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Collabree AG
Collaborators: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov