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AtherosclerosisSTAPPNCT05777655

Improving Adherence to Statin Therapy Through a Medication Management Application

A study testing Medication management app (mediteo m+, Mediteo GmbH, Heidelberg) in people with Atherosclerosis, run by University Hospital, Essen at 1 site in Germany.

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Trial summary

Interventional study to compare standard of care vs standard of care plus the use of a medication therapy management smartphone app (mediteo m+, Mediteo GmbH, Heidelberg) in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and indication to start high intensity statin therapy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Atherosclerosis
What is being tested?
Medication management app (mediteo m+, Mediteo GmbH, Heidelberg)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
250 participants
Where
1 siteGermany
Study dates
17 Feb 2023to 28 Nov 2028
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age >18 years
  • Atherosclerosis (neurovascular, cardiac or peripheral) with an indication to start a high intensity statin-therapy (equivalent to 40mg of atorvastatin or 20mg of rosuvastatin; start of statin therapy +/- 10 days of enrolment)
  • Statin naivety
  • LDL-C >100 mg/dl. No older than 21 days

Who cannot join

  • Inability to take medication independently or to use the mediteo m+ app independently (e.g. people in need of care, people with dementia)
  • Patient has no own smartphone (no device provided for this study)
  • Prior drug therapy to lower LDL-C within the last 30 days
  • Active cancer (defined as a diagnosis of cancer within 6 months before enrolment, any treatment for cancer within the previous 6 months, or recurrent or metastatic cancer) or other severe concomitant disease with a life expectancy of <6 months
  • Use of a digital therapy management application (including mediteo or mediteo m+) within the last month
  • Participation in another interventional trial
  • Pregnancy
  • Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Germany1 site, 1 recruiting
  • University Hospital, Essen

    Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 45147

    Benedikt Frank, PD Dr., +49 201 ext. 723-6546, benedikt.frank@uk-essen.de

    Benedikt Frank, PD Dr.

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Improving Adherence to Statin Therapy Through a Medication Management Application (STAPP)

Interventional study to compare standard of care vs standard of care plus the use of a medication therapy management smartphone app (mediteo m+, Mediteo GmbH, Heidelberg) in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and indication to start high intensity statin therapy.

Read the detailed description

Patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and indication to start high intensity statin therapy will be recruited during hospital-stay or in the neurovascular outpatient clinic of the Neurology Department as well as in the Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine at the University Hospital Essen. Participants will be randomly allocated 1:1 to the intervention or control arm and all will receive a Low density Lipoprotein-Cholesterin (LDL-C) target and a statin-prescription as standard of care. All patients will be asked to take the prescribed statin in the evening and to provide LDL-C values measured by the family physician after 6 and 18 months. Additional blood will be collected after 6 and 18 months to control for cardiovascular risk-factors in the study center (LDL-C amongst others). In addition, the intervention group will receive free access to a study version of the medication management app mediteo m+ (Mediteo GmbH, Heidelberg). Installation of the app will be performed on the day of enrolment. After entering the medication, the app will remind the patient to take his or her statin therapy according to the therapy plan. Each intake has to be confirmed by the patient, either directly via the reminder notification or in the app. In addition, the app can be used to set reminders to go the family physician to take LDL-C values and to document the personal LDL-C values. The endpoint assessment will be performed in blinded manner.

Conditions
Atherosclerosis
Being tested
Medication management app (mediteo m+, Mediteo GmbH, Heidelberg)
Keywords
Smartphone Application, Medication Therapy Management
Medical subject headings
Atherosclerosis

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Medication management app (mediteo m+, Mediteo GmbH, Heidelberg)Other

    Free access to a study version of the medication management app mediteo m+ for reminders and documentation of statin therapy in addition to usual care

Study groups in NCT05777655
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Medication management appExperimentalStandard of care (statin prescription, targeted monitoring of individual LDL-C values by primary care physician) + medication management app and follow-up visits at our institution at 6 and 18 months
Receives: Other: Medication management app (mediteo m+, Mediteo GmbH, Heidelberg)
Standard of careNo interventionStatin prescription, targeted monitoring of individual LDL-C values by primary care physician and follow-up visits at our institution at 6 and 18 months

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Relative change in LDL-C

    Relative change in LDL-C (mg/dl) after 6 months measured by study site (or according to the value measured by the family physician, if the value measured by the study site is not available after 6 months) as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 6 months

Secondary outcomes (39)
  1. Modified Rankin Scale (mRS)-Score after 6 months

    Change in mRS [0 to 6, higher scores indicating worse outcome] after 6 months

    Measured: 6 months

  2. Proportion of available LDL-C values measured by the family physician after 6 months

    Proportion of available LDL-C values measured by the family physician after 6 months

    Measured: 6 months

  3. Relative change in high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) after 6 months

    Relative change in HDL-C (mg/dl) after 6 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 6 months

  4. Relative change in total cholesterol after 6 months

    Relative change in total cholesterol (mg/dl) after 6 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 6 months

  5. Relative change in hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) after 6 months

    Relative change in HbA1c (%) after 6 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 6 months

  6. Relative change in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) after 6 months

    Relative change in hsCRP (mg/dl) after 6 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 6 months

  7. Relative change in Lipoprotein (a) after 6 months

    Relative change in Lipoprotein (a) (mg/dl) after 6 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 6 months

  8. Relative change in glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) after 6 months

    Relative change in GOT (U/l) after 6 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 6 months

  9. Relative change in glutamate-pyruvate transaminase (GPT)

    Relative change in GPT (U/l) after 6 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 6 months

  10. Relative change in creatine kinase (CK) after 6 months

    Relative change in CK (U/l) after 6 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 6 months

  11. Adherence to statin therapy as measured by the German version of the Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS-D) after 6 months

    Adherence to statin therapy after 6 months as measured by the German version of the Medication Adherence Report Scale as measured by MARS-D, range 5-25, higher scores indicating better adherence

    Measured: 6 months

  12. Adherence to statin therapy as measured by the German version of the A14 scale after 6 months

    Measured by the German version of the A14 scale, range 0 - 56, lower scores indicating better adherence

    Measured: 6 months

  13. Change in Quality of life score EQ-5D-5L after 6 months

    Change in Quality of life score EQ-5D-5L is a standardised measure of health status developed by the EuroQol Group including 5 dimensions, 5 levels and the EQ visual analogue scale [VAS] from 0 to 100 with higher values indicating higher quality of life

    Measured: 6 months

  14. Change in Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) after 6 months

    The BMQ consists of two sections assessing personal beliefs about the necessity of prescribed medication (5 items) and concerns (5 items). Scores range from 5 to 25 with higher scores indicating a higher degree of necessity/concern.

    Measured: 6 months

  15. Incidence of major vascular events after 6 months

    Incidence of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina or urgent coronary revascularization therapy after 6 months

    Measured: 6 months

  16. Change in highest degree of extracranial stenosis after 6 months

    Change in highest degree of extracranial stenosis (%) as determined by carotid ultrasound using North American Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) criteria after 6 months

    Measured: 6 months

  17. Change in maximum height of largest carotid plaque after 6 months

    Change in maximum height of largest carotid plaque (mm) on carotid ultrasound after 6 months

    Measured: 6 months

  18. Change in longitudinal area of largest carotid plaque after 6 months

    Change in longitudinal area of largest carotid plaque [mm2] on carotid ultrasound after 6 months

    Measured: 6 months

  19. Change in cross-sectional area of largest carotid plaque after 6 months

    Change in cross-sectional area of largest carotid plaque [mm2] on carotid ultrasound after 6 months

    Measured: 6 months

  20. Relative change in LDL-C after 18 months

    Relative change in LDL-C (mg/dl) after 18 months measured by study site (or according to the value measured by the family physician, if the value measured by the study site is not available) as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 18 months

  21. Modified Rankin Scale (mRS)-Score after 18 months

    Change in mRS [0 to 6, higher scores indicating worse outcome] after 18 months

    Measured: 18 months

  22. Proportion of available LDL-C values measured by the family physician after 18 months

    Proportion of available LDL-C values measured by the family physician after 18 months

    Measured: 18 months

  23. Relative change in high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) after 18 months

    Relative change in HDL-C (mg/dl) after 18 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 18 months

  24. Relative change in total cholesterol after 18 months

    Relative change in total cholesterol (mg/dl) after 18 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 18 months

  25. Relative change in hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) after 18 months

    Relative change in HbA1c (%) after 18 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 18 months

  26. Relative change in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) after 18 months

    Relative change in hsCRP (mg/dl) after 18 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 18 months

  27. Relative change in Lipoprotein (a) after 18 months

    Relative change in Lipoprotein (a) (mg/dl) after 18 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 18 months

  28. Relative change in glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) after 18 months

    Relative change in GOT (U/l) after 18 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 18 months

  29. Relative change in glutamate-pyruvate transaminase (GPT) after 18 months

    Relative change in GPT (U/l) after18 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 18 months

  30. Relative change in creatine kinase (CK) after 18 months

    Relative change in CK (U/l) after 18 months as compared to baseline-value

    Measured: 18 months

  31. Adherence to statin therapy as measured by the German version of the Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS-D) after 18 months

    Adherence to statin therapy after 18 months as measured by the German version of the Medication Adherence Report Scale as measured by MARS-D, range 5-25, higher scores indicating better adherence

    Measured: 18 months

  32. Adherence to statin therapy as measured by the German version of the A14 scale after 18 months

    Measured by the German version of the A14 scale, range 0 - 56, lower scores indicating better adherence

    Measured: 18 months

  33. Change in Quality of life score EQ-5D-5L after 18 months

    Change in Quality of life score EQ-5D-5L is a standardised measure of health status developed by the EuroQol Group including 5 dimensions, 5 levels and the EQ visual analogue scale [VAS] from 0 to 100 with higher values indicating higher quality of life

    Measured: 18 months

  34. Change in Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ) after 18 months

    The BMQ consists of two sections assessing personal beliefs about the necessity of prescribed medication (5 items) and concerns (5 items). Scores range from 5 to 25 with higher scores indicating a higher degree of necessity/concern.

    Measured: 18 months

  35. Incidence of major vascular events after 18 months

    Incidence of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina or urgent coronary revascularization therapy after 18 months

    Measured: 18 months

  36. Change in highest degree of extracranial stenosis after 18 months

    Change in highest degree of extracranial stenosis (%) as determined by carotid ultrasound using North American Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) criteria after 18 months

    Measured: 18 months

  37. Change in maximum height of largest carotid plaque after 18 months

    Change in maximum height of largest carotid plaque (mm) on carotid ultrasound after 18 months

    Measured: 18 months

  38. Change in longitudinal area of largest carotid plaque after 18 months

    Change in longitudinal area of largest carotid plaque [mm2] on carotid ultrasound after 18 months

    Measured: 18 months

  39. Change in cross-sectional area of largest carotid plaque after 18 months

    Change in cross-sectional area of largest carotid plaque [mm2] on carotid ultrasound after 18 months

    Measured: 18 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Mar 2023
  2. Study start17 Feb 2023
  3. Primary completion28 Feb 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completion28 Nov 2028 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
250 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05777655
Sponsor's protocol ID
21-10444
Acronym
STAPP
Status last verified
Apr 2026
First submitted
22 Feb 2023
Last updated
4 May 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Medication management app (mediteo m+, Mediteo GmbH, Heidelberg) in people with Atherosclerosis, run by University Hospital, Essen at 1 site in Germany.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Germany. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Benedikt Frank, PD Dr. (+49 201 ext. 723-6546, benedikt.frank@uk-essen.de), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Relative change in LDL-C (time frame: 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 May 2026.

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