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A Brief Intervention to Improve Adherence in Teens With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

A Brief Intervention to Improve Adherence in Teens With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01237847
Acronym
PHONE
Enrollment
90
Registered
2010-11-10
Start date
2010-07-31
Completion date
2013-07-31
Last updated
2010-11-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Keywords

inflammatory bowel disease, IBD, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, adolescent

Brief summary

This project will test if a phone intervention can improve the medicine-taking behavior of teens with IBD. The investigators will study teens who are taking medicine by mouth. The investigators will test if two phone calls that help teens solve problems with their IBD medicine help to increase how often teens take their medicine. The study will also see if there is any extra benefit of more sessions (four compared to two). The investigators will ask 90 teens to be in the study. Teens can be in the study if they are 11-18 years old and speak English. They must also take an IBD medication by mouth and have a parent who also wants to be in the study. Teens who agree to be in the study will fill out forms at the beginning (participant week 0), middle (participant week 12), and end of the study (participant week 20). After assessment 1, they will be randomly assigned to either receive 2 phone calls or a wait list group (participant weeks 6-10). After that, they will complete a second assessment. After the second assessment, teens who got the 2 phone calls right will be re-randomized to two more sessions or no more sessions (participant weeks 14-18). Teens who were in the wait list group will get two phone sessions (participant weeks 14-18). After that, there will be a final assessment (participant week 20). The investigators expect the phone intervention sessions to reduce barriers to medicine taking, improve medicine taking, and improve teen quality of life.

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL2 Family-based problem solving phone sessions

2 family-based problem solving phone sessions to address and ameliorate barriers to adherence.

BEHAVIORAL4 Family-based problem solving phone intervention sessions

4 family-based problem solving phone sessions to address and ameliorate barriers to adherence.

BEHAVIORALWait list comparison group

Wait list comparison group to receive intervention at later point.

Sponsors

Medical College of Wisconsin
CollaboratorOTHER
Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation, Wisconsin
CollaboratorOTHER
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
11 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* patient age 11-18 years * patient English speaking * patient legal guardian willing to participate * patient on oral IBD maintenance medication for 3 months or longer

Exclusion criteria

* history of significant parent-reported cognitive or developmental delay

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Adherencebeginning at baseline - week 20participants will use MEMS bottles to capture adherence data from participant week 0 - participant week 20. Additionally, adherence interviews and pill counts will be conducted at participant week 0, 12, and 20.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Quality of Lifeat baseline, week 12, and week 20
Adherence barriersat baseline, week 12, and week 20

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026