Can a smartphone app keep young patients on track with their meds?
NCT ID NCT07084155
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 21, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This pilot study is testing a mobile health program designed to help adolescents and young adults (ages 15-20) with chronic health conditions remember to take their daily oral medications. Researchers want to see if the program is easy to use and if it improves medication adherence. The study involves 35 participants from Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 35 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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15 to 20 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Children's Hospital Los Angeles patient * between 15-20 years old at enrollment * taking at least one oral medication per day for a chronic health condition * English speaking * demonstrating sufficient cognitive capacity to engage in the assent/consent process and study procedures There is no exclusion criteria.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90027, United States
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