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Mobile Phone Daily Alarm To Improve Compliance Of Intranasal Corticosteroid Among Allergic Rhinitis Patients.

Primary Purpose

Rhinitis, Allergic, Compliance, Medication

Status
Unknown status
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Malaysia
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Mobile phone alarm reminder
Sponsored by
National University of Malaysia
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional other trial for Rhinitis, Allergic focused on measuring allergic rhinitis, Intranasal steroid spray, compliance, mobile alarm

Eligibility Criteria

15 Years - 66 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  • • Patients aged 15 years old to 60 years old with persistent AR

    • Positive SPT towards DF, DP, BT, cockroach, Aspergillus, Cat fur
    • Own and able to operate functioning mobile smartphone with built in alarm
    • Able to understand simple instructions
    • Patients who can read in English and Malay
    • Newly diagnosed AR or previous patients who only take intranasal corticosteroid less than 4 times per week

Exclusion Criteria:

  • • Patients on immunotherapy

    • Patients with mild intermittent AR
    • Pregnant patients
    • Patient with psychiatric illness
    • Patients with gross anatomical obstruction (severe DNS, gross polyposis, nasal tumour)
    • Chronic rhinosinusitis(CRS) with or without nasal polyposis
    • Patients who have adverse reaction towards INCS
    • Patients with severe hearing loss

Sites / Locations

  • Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical center

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm Type

Experimental

No Intervention

Arm Label

Mobile daily alarm

Control

Arm Description

A mobile smartphone with functioning alarm system and solely owned by the patient. The alarm will be set by the second investigator to alert the participant between 6am - 10am (based on participant's preference) in the morning daily. A recorded dual-language (English and Malay version) tone for alarm mobile phone will be used. Apart from that participants are also counseled and educated about allergic rhinitis and are also asked to fill up self monitored adherence card to document their nasal steroid intake.

This group of participant will receive counseling and education regarding allergic rhinitis and the importance of compliance. Patients are also given a self monitored adherence card to document their nasal steroid intake.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Compliance
Compliance was taken as 2/3rd use of INCS (20 days out of 30) = 20 x 0.38 = 7.6 g reduced weight.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Full Information

First Posted
March 10, 2022
Last Updated
March 10, 2022
Sponsor
National University of Malaysia
Collaborators
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A.
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT05286944
Brief Title
Mobile Phone Daily Alarm To Improve Compliance Of Intranasal Corticosteroid Among Allergic Rhinitis Patients.
Official Title
Mobile Phone Daily Alarm To Improve Compliance Of Intranasal Corticosteroid Among Allergic Rhinitis Patients.
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
March 2021
Overall Recruitment Status
Unknown status
Study Start Date
January 19, 2020 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
June 22, 2022 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
June 22, 2022 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
National University of Malaysia
Collaborators
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A.

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
This is a randomized controlled trial to compare the compliance of allergic rhinitis patients towards intranasal steroids between those who use mobile daily alarm reminder and those who do not.
Detailed Description
In this single blinded RCT, adults with allergic rhinitis are randomized into either he intervention or control arm. The intervention involves installing an alarm with a prerecorded nmessage "Have you take your intranasal steroids" which will automatically ring every day on the patients mobile phone. The control arm do not have any alarm set up. Both groups are offered counseling and education regarding the importance of compliance to intranasal steroid upon recruitment. Daily reminder to take medication may eliminate reason for forgetting medication schedule, hence, improve compliance towards INCS among patients with allergic rhinitis. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of using daily mobile alarm on patient's compliance towards INCS.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Rhinitis, Allergic, Compliance, Medication
Keywords
allergic rhinitis, Intranasal steroid spray, compliance, mobile alarm

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Other
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Model Description
Single blinded randomized controlled trial
Masking
Care ProviderInvestigatorOutcomes Assessor
Masking Description
The participant will be assigned a study number based on the recruitment timeline and assigned into the pre-randomized groups. Throughout the study, the primary investigator will not know which group is assigned for the mobile phone daily alarm. A second investigator will select the group for mobile phone daily alarm and set the alarm.
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
207 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Mobile daily alarm
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
A mobile smartphone with functioning alarm system and solely owned by the patient. The alarm will be set by the second investigator to alert the participant between 6am - 10am (based on participant's preference) in the morning daily. A recorded dual-language (English and Malay version) tone for alarm mobile phone will be used. Apart from that participants are also counseled and educated about allergic rhinitis and are also asked to fill up self monitored adherence card to document their nasal steroid intake.
Arm Title
Control
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
This group of participant will receive counseling and education regarding allergic rhinitis and the importance of compliance. Patients are also given a self monitored adherence card to document their nasal steroid intake.
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Mobile phone alarm reminder
Intervention Description
Patients are reminded to take their INCS using a mobile phone alarm set to ring daily
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Compliance
Description
Compliance was taken as 2/3rd use of INCS (20 days out of 30) = 20 x 0.38 = 7.6 g reduced weight.
Time Frame
30 days

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
15 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
66 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: • Patients aged 15 years old to 60 years old with persistent AR Positive SPT towards DF, DP, BT, cockroach, Aspergillus, Cat fur Own and able to operate functioning mobile smartphone with built in alarm Able to understand simple instructions Patients who can read in English and Malay Newly diagnosed AR or previous patients who only take intranasal corticosteroid less than 4 times per week Exclusion Criteria: • Patients on immunotherapy Patients with mild intermittent AR Pregnant patients Patient with psychiatric illness Patients with gross anatomical obstruction (severe DNS, gross polyposis, nasal tumour) Chronic rhinosinusitis(CRS) with or without nasal polyposis Patients who have adverse reaction towards INCS Patients with severe hearing loss
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Aneeza K W Hamizan, MD
Organizational Affiliation
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical center
City
Kuala Lumpur
State/Province
WP Kuala Lumpur
ZIP/Postal Code
56000
Country
Malaysia

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Plan to Share IPD
No
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