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"A Randomized, Controlled, Evaluator-blinded Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Automated Text Message Reminders on Patient Compliance With Topical Medications and Its Efficacy on Skin Disease Control in Adolescents and Adults With Mild to Moderate Acne"

NCT01082523 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2019-09-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an automated electronic reminder system using text messages sent to patient's cell phones will help patients with acne be more compliant with their topical medications and lead to an improvement of their acne.

Hypothesis: Automatically delivered electronic reminders in the form of text messages will increase acne patient adherence to topical medications and consequently result in better treatment outcome and higher patient satisfaction

Conditions

  • Acne
  • Patient Compliance

Interventions

OTHER

Text message reminders

Subjects in this arm will receive twice daily automated text messages reminding them to apply their medications.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of California, Davis

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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