App-Based monitoring shows promise for IBD patients
NCT ID NCT06031038
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a web-based telemonitoring system called TECCU for people with moderate-to-severe inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis). 290 participants in Spain were randomly assigned to use the app or receive usual care. The goal was to see if the app helped them stay in remission longer over 52 weeks. Researchers also looked at whether it saved money.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- TECCU web-based telemonitoring software
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that remote monitoring helps people with complex IBD stay in remission longer and reduces healthcare costs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study, but telemonitoring may not work for everyone, and results from Spain may not apply to other countries or healthcare systems.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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290 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2020
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- 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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18 years and older
- 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: * Patients ≥18a * IBD (CD or UC) diagnosed according to ECCO criteria * Start treatment with immunosuppressants and/or biological therapies due to luminal activity * signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Presence of active perianal disease, ileoanal reservoir, or definitive stoma * Patients with mental illness or other poorly controlled illness * Patients with active cancer diagnosis * Terminal patients and/or palliative care (SECPAL) * Family members of the research team * Patients without a telephone line to connect with a mobile, tablet and/or computer / Inability to drive * Cognitive or linguistic difficulties * Patients included in another experimental study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa
Terrassa, Spain
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Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa
Zaragoza, Spain
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Hospital Clínico Universitario Valencia
Valencia, Spain
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Hospital General Universitario de Elche
Elche, Spain
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Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
Badalona, Spain
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Hospital Gregorio Marañón
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Infanta Sofía
San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain
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Hospital La Paz
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital La Princesa
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla
Santander, Spain
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Hospital Morales Meseguer
Murcia, Spain
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Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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Hospital Parc Taulí de Sabadell
Sabadell, Spain
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Hospital Puerta del Hierro
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Trueta de Girona
Girona, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Miquel Servet
Zaragoza, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Mutua Terrassa
Terrassa, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
Córdoba, Spain
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Hospital Universitario San Cecilio
Granada, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Alicante
Alicante, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Burgos
Burgos, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes
Cabueñes, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada
Fuenlabrada, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Santiago
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe
Valencia, Valencia, 46026, Spain
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Hospital de Cruces
Cruces, Spain
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Hospital de Huelva
Huelva, Spain
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Hospital de Manresa
Manresa, Spain
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Hospital de Vigo
Vigo, Spain
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