Optimizing Research Data Acquisition With Smart Pill Bottles
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorCiusss de L'Est de l'Île de Montréal
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if smart pill bottles can be used as a tool to optimize data collection in clinical trials by increasing the quality of data collected and limiting the associated cost. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Is the use of smart pill bottles a feasible method of data collection in clinical trials in terms of patient adherence.
Is the data collected by the smart pill bottles of higher quality than that collected through human resources? What is the impact of the use of smart pill bottles on the costs involved in clinical trials ?
Researchers will collect data on postoperative opioid medication consumption with the smart pill bottle and assess the adherence of patients to the device along with the quality of data collected and the costs involved in the process.
Participants will:
Use the smart pill bottle to consume opioid medication following surgery for 3 months At the end of the 3 month period, the group will have filled out surveys detailing their opioid consumption, surgical pain and other relevant information.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
All consenting adult patients (age >17 years) undergoing major abdominal surgery via laparotomy (any open surgery involving the abdominal compartment or its wall, excluding appendectomies, inguinal hernia repairs, abdominal wall hernia repairs, and incisional hernia repairs)
Disqualifiers
Patients enrolled in the historical cohort (POCAS study)
Patients currently participating in another study
Patients planned to undergo additional surgery within 90 days after the surgery
Patients who do not understand French or English.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Smart Pill Bottle
Treatment groups
155 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov