Improving Outcomes and Reducing Disparities for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Through Epidemiology and Enhanced Disease Management (PROMOTE IBD)

PI(s): Michael D. Kappelman, MD MPH (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Purpose: To learn if text messaging and remote symptom tracking between visits can empower patients, improve communication, and boost IBD outcomes.

Project Summary Link

Study Design: Interventional

PCORnet® Partners:

  • New York University Langone Health (INSIGHT)
  • UC San Francisco (REACHnet)
  • UNC-Chapel Hill & Atrium Health/Wake Forest University School of Health Sciences (STAR)

PaTH Partners:

  • Boston Medical Center - Sharmeel Wasan

Sponsor: CDC

Coordinating Center: University of Pennsylvania

Study Website

How to enroll: Must receive GI care at one of our enrolling sites. If you have any questions about eligibility, please email promote@unc.edu

Adult: Boston Medical Center and Boston University, Morehouse University, University of California San Diego, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

Pediatric (13 and older): Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital, Charlotte, NC New York University Langone Pediatric Gastroenterology Associates-Lake Success, Long Island, University of California San Francisco, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill