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. 2023 Aug 2;25:e37447. doi: 10.2196/37447

Table 2.

DTxa clinical trial demographic data from the Digital Therapeutics Alliance Product Library—Propeller, Bluestar (randomized controlled trial), Bluestar (secondary analysis of the randomized controlled trial), and d-Nav.

Digital Therapeutic Product Propeller Bluestar Bluestar d-Nav
Company Propeller Inc WellDoc WellDoc Hygeia
FDAb regulation FDA-cleared Class II Medical Device FDA-cleared Class II Medical Device FDA-cleared Class II Medical Device FDA-cleared Class II Medical Device
Study type Randomized controlled trial Randomized controlled trial Secondary analysis of a cluster randomized controlled trialc Randomized controlled trial
Name of study A randomised controlled trial of the effect of a connected inhaler system on medication adherence in uncontrolled asthmatic patients WellDoc mobile diabetes management randomized controlled trial: change in clinical and behavioral outcomes and patient and physician satisfaction Mobile diabetes intervention for glycemic control: impact on physician prescribing Automated insulin dosing guidance to optimise insulin management in patients with type 2 diabetes: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
Digital therapeutic clinical area of focus COPDd/asthma Type 1/type 2 diabetes Type 1/type 2 diabetes Type 2 diabetes
Prescription required? No No No Yes
Demographics

Sample size, n 437 26 117 181

Age (years) Mean 47 (SD 15.0) Range 20-64 Mean 52.7 (SD 8.2) Mean 60.3 (SD 7.9)

Sex, n (%)


Male 153 (35.0) 9 (34.6) 59 (50.4) 93 (51.4)


Female 284 (65.0) 17 (65.4) 58 (49.6) 88 (48.6)

Race, n (%)


Asian 22 (5.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 7 (3.9)


Black 34 (8.0) 10 (38.5) 43 (36.8) 38 (20.9)


White 373 (85.0) 16 (61.5) 65 (55.6) 125 (69.1)


Others 0 (0) 0 (0) 9 (7.7) 11 (6.1)

Ethnicity, n (%)


Hispanic e 8 (4.4)


Non-Hispanic 145 (80.1)

Education: some college or more, n (%) 85 (72.6)

Employment: employed at least half time n (%)

Married, remarried, or partnered, n (%)

Percentage of participants with private insurance (%) 100 100

aDTx: digital therapeutics.

bFDA: Food and Drug Administration.

cStudy reported Hispanic Ethnicity and Black/African American as one group under Race Demographic Category.

dCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

eData not available in study.