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RecruitingNCT07718204MedMemosUpdated Jul 21, 2026

The MedMemos Study: Promoting Adherence to Medications in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patients

An interventional study of MedMemos in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant, sponsored by Nationwide Children's Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 0 Years to 12 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-21.

Sponsored by Nationwide Children's Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Started May 2026; still recruiting 6 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
0 Years to 12 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the MedMemos Intervention with parents and children who have received a bone marrow transplant. The main study questions are:

  • Is the MedMemos intervention acceptable to patients and families?
  • Is the MedMemos intervention feasible for patients, families, and healthcare providers?
  • Does MedMemos help patients and families take their medications better?

Participants will be asked to complete surveys, attend 4 intervention sessions, and use an electronic box or pill bottle to store their medications in.

Read the detailed description

This study will assess the acceptability, feasibility, and proof-of-concept for MedMemos, a novel medication adherence promotion intervention developed for caregivers of children who received a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (PAHCT).

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Conditions studied

  • Hematopoietic Cell Transplant

Keywords

  • Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
  • Bone Marrow Transplant
  • Pediatric
  • Cancer
  • Bone Marrow Failure
  • Adherence
  • Medication Adherence
  • Non-Adherence
  • Adherence Promotion Intervention
  • Immunosuppressant
  • Transition to Outpatient
  • Managing Medication Regimens
  • Child
  • Caregiver
  • Parent
  • GVHD
  • Infection
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In context

Neoplasms

10,818 studies on the registry are indexed under Neoplasms; 2,324 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 25 is below the median of 60 across 7,703 interventional studies indexed under Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Nationwide Children's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 233 studies on the registry; 43 are open to participants now.

Of its 17 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 9 (53%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
0 Years to 12 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Child had a Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (PAHCT)
  • Child is 0-12 years of age
  • At the time of recruitment child is still in the hospital for PAHCT
  • Child's primary caregiver is responsible for administering medical care and is willing to give consent to participate
  • Child is prescribed an oral medication regimen at discharge

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Caregiver does not speak English, Spanish, or Arabic
  • Caregiver is not available to provide written permission for the child's participation
  • EMR or medical team report of the caregiver's cognitive status precludes completion of questionnaires
  • The child's medical status or condition precludes completion of the study questionnaires as determined by the physician or caregiver
  • Caregiver is unwilling to store medication in an electronic monitor
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Allogeneic and autologous transplant

Stem cell (bone marrow) transplants. Allogeneic uses cells from a donor; autologous uses your own cells, collected earlier and given back.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
25 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    MedMemos

    This arm will provide participants with the MedMemos Intervention

    Behavioral: MedMemos

Interventions

  • BehavioralMedMemos

    MedMemos is a 4-session tailored adherence promotion intervention that will provide caregivers with a combination of tailored and standardized medication and adherence education videos and a "Medication Management Kit" that provides tailored strategies to target identified barriers to successful medication management.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Intervention Acceptability

    Intervention acceptability will be demonstrated by caregivers rating MedMemos a mean of ≥ 4 as measured on Acceptability of Intervention Measure, Feasibility of Intervention Measure, and Intervention Appropriateness Measure. Each measure asks participants to rate statements on a scale of "Completely Disagree" to "Completely Agree" Higher scores indicate greater acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness.

    Time frame: At the end of session 4 (An average of 14 days following the patient's hospital discharge, up to 28 days following discharge)

  2. Intervention Feasibility - Percentage of patients who enroll out of those approached

    Feasibility will be assessed by calculating enrollment rate (total number of patients enrolled / total number of patients approached). Feasible enrollment will be achieved by enrolling 80% or more of eligible caregivers.

    Time frame: Enrollment rate will be continually monitored throughout enrollment and final enrollment percentage will be calculated at the close of enrollment. Enrollment is estimated to end during Month 9 of Year 2.

  3. Intervention Feasibility - Percentage of intervention sessions and follow-ups completed by enrolled participants.

    Feasibility will be assessed by calculating the percentage of MedMemos sessions attended and the number of follow-up visits completed. Feasibility will be achieved if 80% or more of MedMemos sessions are attended by participants and if 80% or more of follow-up visits are completed by participants.

    Time frame: Completion rates will be calculated during the study in real time as part of study monitoring. Final study completion rates will be reported after the final follow-up is complete. Follow-ups are estimated to be complete Month 11 of Year 2.

  4. Intervention Feasibility - Percentage of the intervention protocol delivered by the interventionist.

    Feasibility of the intervention delivery will be assessed by calculating the intervention fidelity. Fidelity will be assessed by a member of the lab not involved in intervention delivery using a fidelity checklist developed by the study Principal Investigator. Feasibility of the intervention delivery will be achieved if fidelity checklist scores are 80% are greater (80% or more of the intervention delivered across the study)

    Time frame: Intervention fidelity will be monitored in real time to maintain adherence to the intervention protocol. Final intervention fidelity will be reported after the final MedMemos session is completed. Sessions are anticipated to end in Month 11 Year 2.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Adherence to immunosuppressant medication as assessed by electronic monitor

    To establish proof-of-concept adherence to immunosuppressants will be monitored for all patients. Proof-of-concept will be established if ≥75% children take ≥75% of their immunosuppressant medication doses at all follow-up time points as measured by electronic monitor.

    Time frame: Daily adherence will be monitored for each patient after discharge through the 3-month follow-up.

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — This is a rare treatment that treats even rarer diseases. Although identifiers will be removed from the final dataset, it will still include variables such as diagnosis treated by PAHCT, cell source for transplant (e.g., bone marrow, cord blood), date of transplant, and age at transplant that are frequently important to include in analyses. Given the rarity of this treatment, the investigators believe there remains the possibility of deductive disclosure of participants with uncommon characteristics (e.g., rare cancer diagnosis). To protect the rights and privacy of human subjects the investigators will not be sharing IPD, but instead will share de-identified aggregated qualitative data via the Cancer Data Service (CDS) database.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 21, 2026, 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
NCT07718204
Responsible party
Ahna Pai (Professor, Nationwide Children's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 21, 2026
Start date
May 1, 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 21, 2026

Study contacts

Ahna LH Pai, PhD
Contact
Ahna.Pai@nationwidechildrens.org
(614) 938-1601
Sarah N Drake, MS
Contact
sarah.drake2@nationwidechildrens.org
(614) 259-7462

Oversight

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