NCT01802580

Using an Internet Study to Improve Adherence for Psoriasis Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: EARLY_Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To evaluate whether participation in an Internet-based intervention helps improve short-term and long-term psoriasis treatment outcomes, in particular, adherence.

Detailed description

An investigator-blinded, prospective study of subjects with mild to moderate psoriasis will be conducted. Forty subjects ages 18 years and older will be enrolled.The Internet-based survey will be piloted to evaluate its effect on adherence to topical psoriasis medication. Subjects randomized in a 1:1 ratio to the Internet-survey group will log their impression of the state of their psoriasis on a weekly basis. Subjects in both the intervention and control groups will receive standard-of-care topical fluocinonide 0.05% ointment to be applied to affected areas on the skin twice daily. Adherence to fluocinonide will be assessed using Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS®) caps, electronic monitors affixed to the medication containers. Investigators and subjects will be blinded to the adherence data until the final (Month 12) treatment visit.

Conditions

• Psoriasis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet Survey
DRUG	fluocinonide 0.05% ointment

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-03-01
• Completion: 2016-04-01
• First posted: 2013-03-01
• Last updated: 2020-06-04
• Results posted: 2019-11-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study