Status:

COMPLETED

Integration of mHEALTH Into the Care of Patients With Sickle Cell Disease to Increase Hydroxyurea Utilization

Lead Sponsor:

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

RTI International

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Conditions:

Sickle Cell Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

15-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This project proposes to develop, test and evaluate targeted interventions to improve clinical provider prescribing of and patient adherence to hydroxyurea (HU). Using a stepped-wedge design, The inve...

Detailed Description

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) created the Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium (SCDIC) to apply implementation science methods to identify and address barriers to guid...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 15 years up to and including 45 years
  • Treated at or affiliated with one of the SCDIC sites
  • English speaking
  • Confirmed Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) diagnosis. An SCD diagnosis is defined as Hb fractionation test (e.g., high- performance liquid chromatography or another technique) that is diagnostic of one the following: Hb SS, Hb SC, Hb Sβ-thalassemia, Hb SO, Hb SD, Hb SG, Hb SE, or Hb SF.
  • Willing and cognitively able to give informed consent
  • Access to a cellular/mobile smart phone (either Android or IPhone are acceptable)
  • Hydroxyurea therapy: Already receiving hydroxyurea therapy: defined as at least one prior prescription to hydroxyurea in the past 3 months and no plans to escalate the dose by more than 5 mg/kg/day. Initiating hydroxyurea therapy: defined as at least one prescription written at the time of study enrollment (the first prescription must be written on the same day as study enrollment). Patients who initiate hydroxyurea on the same day of study enrollment will not contribute to the total of 46 patients target accrual for the site. A max of 30 patients who are initiating hydroxyurea can be enrolled per site.

Exclusion

  • Current pregnancy
  • On a chronic transfusion program in which they receive more than 8 erythrocyte transfusions in a 12-month period.
  • A red blood cell transfusion in the past 60 days
  • Currently using another phone application or an online-based tool (e-health tool) to increase hydroxyurea adherence

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 11 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

382 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04080167

Start Date

November 11 2019

End Date

August 31 2022

Last Update

November 29 2023

Active Locations (7)

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Georgia Regents University

Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30912

2

University of Illinois

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

3

Washington University

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

4

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, United States, 10029