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Status unknownNCT02904733EMERGEUpdated Dec 15, 2017

Validation Study of mHealth Technology in HIV to Improve Empowerment and Healthcare Utilisation: Research and Innovation to Generate Evidence for Personalised Care (EmERGE)

An interventional study of mHealth platform in HIV Infections, sponsored by Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. Status unknown at 5 sites in 5 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-12-15.

Sponsored by Hospital Clinic of Barcelona · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Dec 2017), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
3,900
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A large (3900 patients) cohort study, undertaken in five European sites to validate in a mHealth platform to enable self-management of HIV in patients with stable disease using a tailored HTA process, Model for Assessment of Telemedicine Applications (MAST), specifically developed for the assessment of mHealth solutions.

As site recruitment will be sequential and the recruitment period will last 18 months, a maximum follow-up of 35 Months will be undertaken. Study visits will take place at baseline defined as the time of mHealth introduction, months 6, 12, 18, 24 and 30.

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Number of Study Centres: 5 Duration of Study: 35 Months Criteria for Evaluation: Usability of the mHealth platform, patient self-management and empowerment, clinical safety (virological suppression maintenance, CD4 count, laboratory parameters, adverse events and adherence), quality of life and self-economy will be assessed by questionnaires and laboratory parameters.

Routine data on patient demographics, treatment and investigations which will include viral load, CD4, haematology, biochemistry and urine sample. Patient Activation Measure, Quality of life, adherence questionnaire and economic questionnaires will be performed at baseline and at months 12 and 24. Satisfaction System Usability Scale will be evaluated at month 12 and 24.

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Conditions studied

  • HIV Infections

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In context

HIV Infections

4,340 studies on the registry are indexed under HIV Infections; 240 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 3,900 is above the median of 83 across 3,312 interventional studies indexed under HIV Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona is the lead sponsor of 326 studies on the registry; 54 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Documented HIV-1 infection
  2. Aged at least 18 years old
  3. Able to give informed consent
  4. In possession of a smartphone, tablet, or similar technology supporting the mHealth platform
  5. Stable on ART: Defined as ART should be unchanged for at least 3 months and viral load undetectable (\<50 copies/ml) for at least 6 months.
  6. Clinically stable from an HIV perspective: Defined as without opportunistic infection or AIDS related cancers within the previous 12 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Aged less than 18 years
  2. Pregnant
  3. Participating in a clinical trial or receiving an investigational medication
  4. Unable to comprehend the patient information sheet
  5. Unable to comprehend the instructions for using the mHealth platform
  6. Considered for any other reason by their regular physician to be unsuitable for study participation.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
3,900 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    mHealth platform

    Stable HIV-1 infected subjects will be followed-up using an mHealth platform. The platform will provide users with web based and mobile device applications which interface securely with relevant medical data and facilitate remote access to healthcare providers. The minimum length of follow-up will be 12 months and the maximum 35 months.

    Other: mHealth platform

Interventions

  • OthermHealth platform

    Use of a mHealth platform to inform and empower patient of hies/her own health

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13) questionnaire from baseline

    Time frame: months 12 and 24

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in Satisfaction System Usability Scale (SUS)

    Time frame: months 12 and 24

  2. Maintenance of virological suppression (HIV-1 RNA <50 c/ml)

    Time frame: months 12 and 24

  3. Change in CD4 count

    Time frame: months 12 and 24

  4. Change in blood lipid profile

    Time frame: months 12 and 24

  5. Changes in Quality of life (EQ-5D-5L questionnaire) from baseline

    Time frame: months 12 and 24

  6. Changes in Quality of life (PROQOL-HIV questionnaire) from baseline

    Time frame: months 12 and 24

  7. Changes in adherence quantified by Morisky-Green questionnaire

    Time frame: months 12 and 24

  8. Percentage of patients with changes in ART from baseline

    Time frame: months 12 and 24

  9. Changes on self-reported economic questionnaire aspects from baseline

    Time frame: months 12 and 24

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Study locations

5 of 5 sites recruiting
  • Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
    Antwerp, 2000, Belgium
    • Ludgiw Aspers, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Klinika za Infektivne Bolesti Dr. Fran Mihaljevic
    Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
    • Josip Begovac, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central
    Lisbon, 1169 097, Portugal
    • Eugenio Teofilo, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Clínic i Provincial
    Barcelona, 08036, Spain
    • Agathe Leon, MD · Contact · 34.93.227.54.00
    • Eva González, MD · Contact · 34.93.227.54.00
    Recruiting
  • University of Brighton
    Brighton, BN2 4AT, United Kingdom
    • Jennifer Whetham, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Apr 2017 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2019, 29 months after the start.

Of 549 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under HIV Infections, half reached primary completion within 28 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 45. This study's planned 29 months is close to that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 559 studies reached it within 28 months; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 45.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jul 7, 2016
First posted
Sep 19, 2016
StartActual
Apr 7, 2017
Primary completionEst.
Sep 2019
CompletionEst.
Sep 2019
Last update
Dec 15, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 15, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02904733
Collaborators
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Belgium, Klinika za infektivne bolesti (KIB), Zagreb, Croatia, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Fundacion Clinic per a la Recerca Biomédica, University of Brighton, Podmedics, ( POD), Northwood, United Kingdom, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, National Prospective Monitoring System HIV Health-economics Collaboration, (NPMS), Richmond, United Kingdom, European Aids Treatment Group (EATG), Brussels, Belgium, mHealth Futures LTD, Brighton, United Kingdom
Responsible party
Agathe LEON (Dr, Fundacion Clinic per a la Recerca Biomédica) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 19, 2016
Start date
Apr 7, 2017
Primary completion
Sep 2019 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 15, 2017

Study contacts

Jennifer Whetham, MD
Contact
Jennifer.Whetham@bsuh.nhs.uk
+44 1273 523081
Agathe León, MD
Contact
aleon@clinic.ub.es
+34932275400 ext. 2447

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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