The patient takes off the lid responds to the reminder and the medication is ejected from the bottle and the data is sent to a control centre. Patient use – The patient receives a reminder to take one pill or capsule or more via the app at a pre-determined time.The patient then unscrews the cap of the pill bottle and screws in the smart cap. The patient is either sent or collects the bottle of pills or capsules plus the Pill Connect cap.
The monitor has access to a complete dashboard covering the whole trial so that everyone involved can be advised in real time of the rate of compliance or issues which effect compliance.Įlucid Digital Heath CEO James Burnstone said: “We believe that reducing the pill dispensing mechanism from a bottle to a cap means that any pharma can now use the Pill Connect system without having to make changes to their existing production lines. The Pill Connect system allows monitors to know when this happens and provides the opportunity to intervene and talk to the person to see what can be done to help them become more compliant.
This could help in clinical trials where poor compliance can compromise the validity of the trial, as compliance can decline over time. The system provides an adherence record that allows for an immediate intervention by an automated text or phone call should the app not be activated.