Efficacy of CareAide® App in Improving Adherence in Adults With Chronic Diseases

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to study the impact of a medication adherence app, CareAide, in adult population diagnosed with chronic diseases in Malaysian population.

The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are:

1. Can CareAide make people take their medications better and improve their health?
2. Can CareAide improve the health of people with chronic diseases?
3. Does using CareAide make people's lives better?
4. Can CareAide save money when managing chronic diseases?
5. How do people feel about using CareAide?

Researchers will ask the participants to use the CareAide app for 6 months and compare the group that used the app with the other group which just received the usual treatment. Researchers will check if they do better with their medications, feel healthier, have a better life, and spend less money. They will check this twice, once after 3 months and again after 6 months.

adherence, clinical outcomes, quality of life and economic associated with the app with two follow ups at 3 month intervals.

Conditions

• Adherence, Medication
• Chronic Disease
• Quality of Life
• Economic Burden
• Asthma
• Hypertension
• Heart Failure
• Diabetes

Interventions

OTHER

CareAide App Usage

The study participant uses the CareAide app in addition to prescribed usual therapeutic care

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Caring Up Pte Ltd, Malaysia

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Institute of Adherence to Medication, American University of Health Sciences, United States

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Malaya

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ong Siew Chin, PhD · School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia

• Navin Kumar Loganadan, PhD · Hospital Putrajaya, Malaysia

• Jaya Muneswarao M Devudu · Hospital Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

• Izyan A Wahab, PhD · Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Kayatri Govindaraju, PhD · Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Rajat Rana, Pharm.D · Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Ng Chow Kyn, MPharm Clin · School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia

• Mohamed Syamir Shukeri, MCH · Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Baharudin Ibrahim, PhD · Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Hasniza Zaman Huri, PhD · Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-07-30

Primary Completion

2024-06-30

Completion

2024-09-06

Countries

• Malaysia

Study Locations