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Smartphone App-assisted Short-term Antibiotic Therapy

NCT06126900 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2025-01-09

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Summary

Outpatients with short-term antibiotic treatment should start and finish the treatment according to medical advise that is, the intake pattern (named adherence) should be regular. The research question is: Can a smartphone-based program including intake reminder and two text messages improve adherence to a short-term antibiotic treatment in ambulatory setting?

Participants will be asked to record every antibiotic intake in an app on their smartphone over the prescribed therapy duration and to note their symptoms once daily. One group will obtain reminder + text messages, and the control group will have no reminder + no text messages.

Conditions

  • Infection, Bacterial

Interventions

OTHER

Smartphone medication intake reminder + educational and motivational text messaging

The intervention includes the use of a smartphone-based medication intake reminder, along with two educational and motivational text messages during the therapy period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Isabelle Arnet, Dr. PD · University of Basel, Pharmaceutical Care Research Group

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-15
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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