App-Based Contingency Management for Disease
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See full descriptionAbout the trial for Disease
Treatment Groups
This trial involves 7 different treatments. App-Based Contingency Management is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will be divided into 6 treatment groups. There is no placebo group. The treatments being tested are in Phase 3 and have had some early promising results.
Eligibility
This trial is for patients born any sex aged 18 and older. There are 8 eligibility criteria to participate in this trial as listed below.
Approximate Timelines
Measurement Requirements
This trial is evaluating whether App-Based Contingency Management will improve 1 primary outcome and 3 secondary outcomes in patients with Disease. Measurement will happen over the course of Time = Day 0 through 12 weeks.
Patient Q & A Section
What are common treatments for disease?
Results from a recent paper support that medications and surgery are important for treating almost all diseases. Although some drugs are very effective in treating several conditions or diseases, few studies have determined overall treatment success. Furthermore, our findings emphasize the importance of defining what medication(s) is necessary to treat a patient for a given condition or disease and to search for the best ways to use those drugs for the patient and the health system.
What are the signs of disease?
The signs of disease include physical symptoms such an unexplained weight loss and dizziness. Mental symptoms such as social withdrawal, paranoia, and lack of interest in day-to-day activities and problems concentrating on work or at school are also signs of disease.\n
What causes disease?
Some diseases are due to genetic malfunction, whereas other diseases may not be inherited at all. Some diseases are caused by environmental exposure, whereas other diseases may be caused by one's own immune system. For example, some cancers are due to environmental exposure or immune malfunction; others arise as a consequence of an inherited genetic malfunction. Some diseases can be inherited from parents, while others can be acquired from other sources such as the media. Some diseases may also be due to the effects of infection of certain pathogens. All diseases can be caused by multiple factors or by a combination; some pathogens could be the direct cause of disease. Finally, some diseases may be due to a physical change of the body, while others could be the consequence of another disease.
Can disease be cured?
There is a high degree of cure to a large number of patients with early-stage disease. The low cure rates can be a reasonable explanation for low uptake of curative treatment for some patients.
How many people get disease a year in the United States?
The projected lifetime risk of getting HCP is higher-than-expected among US adults. Higher-than-expected numbers were for all cause as well for HCP-related cause. In a recent study, findings of the study have important public health implications that should be addressed in the future development of public health policies to reduce HCP risk and mortality.
What is disease?
The disease term used in this paper was a concise disease definition that clearly delineates the concept of chronic disease in terms of its cause and course; a state of being or being in the process of being disease; and it is a disease with specific treatments. What the term disease implies is discussed.
What is the average age someone gets disease?
The median age at diagnosis is 72 years (range 61 to 86) for all cancer sites for adults with disease, but for leukemia the median age at diagnosis is 58 years (range 46.5 - 69.5). The percentage of newly diagnosed cases of all cancer sites in the general population increased over the past few decades (i.e., 2% to 4% per year) for all adult diagnoses, but only a small percentage of the increase was attributable to a true increase in disease incidence (i.e., 2% to 5% per year). The overall percentage of newly diagnosed cancer cases is likely to increase, because all cancer sites are being diagnosed earlier.
Who should consider clinical trials for disease?
In a recent study, findings shows many possible diseases that might benefit from clinical trials. For some diseases, patients are more likely to participate compared with others. Patients seem to be the best candidate for clinical trials and clinicians, but we should reassure all patients that these trials may be the best treatment choices for only some of the diseases.
Does app-based contingency management improve quality of life for those with disease?
Both treatment groups improved their QOL, but there was significantly greater improvement in both PGC-I and PGC-II for those in the ALC treatment group. PGC-I scores were also significantly higher in the ALC than in the GIS-I and CG-I treatment groups. These positive improvements can be attributed, in part, to the increased self-efficacy of PGC-I participants in the ALC treatment group as well as the motivational benefits of ALC. This benefit is especially noted among PGC-II participants who have demonstrated a desire to improve their quality of life through participation in the study.
How does app-based contingency management work?
In a recent study, findings showed promise in engaging chronically ill alcohol-dependent smokers in mobile applications, and suggested that mobile-based addiction treatment could effectively be developed into an app experience. Additionally, these findings would inform the development of future randomized trials aimed at assessing the efficacy of mCM in this population.
How serious can disease be?
Patients with the [full-range of MDA parameters]] tended to be at significant risk for cardiovascular disease at the time of diagnosis (in general, all patients with MDA parameters above the median were at a >10% increased risk). Despite this, patients' subjective quality of life and outlook were generally poor, and patients often required clinical interventions. MDA parameters may constitute important markers of disease severity for patients with MDA.
What is app-based contingency management?
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