Monsenso will begin clinical trials for anxiety

Monsenso will begin clinical trials for anxiety

Monsenso will begin clinical trials to support the treatment of anxiety disorder in collaboration with The Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark (MHS).


The Anxiety Monitoring Study

The objective of the study is to implement and validate the Monsenso mHealth solution to support the treatment of anxiety disorders.

The Monsenso mHealth platform uses a double-loop treatment model to connect care providers and individuals. Currently, it is being used to collect patients’ self-rated status and sensor-based behavioural data on a daily basis.

Recent advances in mobile technologies have created more opportunities for assessments and treatments to be available to people in situations where they are most needed. Personal health technologies can collect patients’ self-rated status and sensor-based behavioural data (e.g., physical activity, phone usage, social activity) on a daily basis.

The information gathered this way provides feedback on treatment progress to both care providers and individuals. Moreover, it also supplies ecological momentary interventions (EMI), for instance, by prompting individuals to do assignments depending on the context and patients’ current status.

Regarding anxiety disorders, mobile health solutions can be useful in assisting patients to use skills learned during treatment in real life situations, as well as to monitor and give feedback on progress or lack of progress during therapy. This feedback leads to better outcomes for patients not responding well to treatment.

Pilot study: The feasibility of the solution will be evaluated using a qualitative and quantitative study without a control group involving 30 patients for three months examining usability and usefulness of the solution for both patients and clinicians.

Participants: Anxiety Patients in Routine and Special Care Settings in Southern Denmark.

Expected results: The study will result in the development of a solution based on user needs. The platform will be a feasible, usable and useful intervention.

Implementation: If the results of the feasibility study are promising, the study results will be used to improve the mHealth solution and develop version 2. Afterwards, a randomised controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted to examine outcome related effects of the solution, such as rate of recovery. If the feasibility and outcome of the RCT studies are positive, it is expected that there will be interest in implementing the mHealth solution in routine and specialized care settings around the world.

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Monsenso receives funding to further develop mhealth solution for anxiety and borderline

Monsenso receives funding to further develop mhealth solution for anxiety and borderline

Copenhagen, Denmark – 25 January 2016.   Monsenso ApS, a Copenhagen-based technology company, has been granted 1.575 million DKK to continue the research and development of the existing data-driven, cloud-based, mHealth solution for anxiety and borderline treatment.

The ENTER project (previously called E-Mental project), which has been granted an overall budget of 19 million DKK, is being done in collaboration with The Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark (MHS), the South Denmark University, Aalborg University, Context Consulting and Monsenso. Monsenso will be involved in two studies for the E-mental project:

The Anxiety Monitoring Study

The objective of the study is to implement and validate the Monsenso mHealth solution for anxiety disorders.

Mobile monitoring solutions can be useful in assisting patients in using skills learned during treatment in real life situations, as well as to monitor and give feedback on progress or lack of progress during therapy. This feedback leads to better outcomes for patients not responding well to treatment.

The mDIARY Study for patients with borderline personality disorder

The objective of the study is to prove that the Monsenso DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy) solution is a reliable and clinically valid way to collect patient data, helping individuals learn these skills at home, speeding up their recovery.

The study will include a three-month pilot study where a randomized percentage of the patients will use either paper-based diary cards or the Monsenso mHealth app. Additionally, the study will also include a two-year randomized controlled trial. During this part of the study, half of the patients will be given an mHealth app that includes coaching suggestions while the second half will use paper-based self-assessments. The number of missing data will be compared, and data quality of the app versus established clinical measures will be evaluated. User satisfaction will be assessed with focus group interviews.

Additionally, a cost-effectiveness study will run in parallel to the main research. The objective of this study is to estimate the economic advantages of implementing the proposed e-mental health solution in the healthcare system.

E-mental health solutions have the potential to reduce the cost of treatment and to enable a larger number of people to be treated. The economic aspects should be adequately investigated with regards to cost-effectiveness as well as financial aspects of implementation in clinical practice. The study aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of Internet interventions compared to the most cost-effective treatment currently available.

With regards to the support obtained from the Innovation Fund, Thomas Lethenborg, CEO at Monsenso commented, “The mHealth solution developed by Monsenso has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of psychiatric illnesses. The support received from the Innovation Fund will provide us with the necessary evidence to validate our solution clinically and financially for the treatment of mental illnesses.”

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Jennifer Highland
Marketing and Communications Manager
Monsenso
+45 81 71 7713
highland@monsenso.com You can download this article as PDF in English