Shotan 2006.

Trial name or title	Short Message Service (SMS) impact on patient compliance receiving long‐term lipid lowering therapy with statins.
Methods	RCT (study duration 12 months)
Participants	Participants (aged 18 to 80 yrs) discharged from the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit or the Internal Medicine Department following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) events such as unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction who will be prescribed a statin for the first time for preventing further coronary episodes. 120 participants enrolled.
Interventions	Daily SMS medication reminders
Outcomes	Primary outcomes: Number of patients who achieve target LDL goals Secondary outcomes: Reductions of total cholesterol, LDL, LDL/HDL and CRP; Increase of HDL; Readmissions due to ACS
Starting date	August 2006
Contact information	Shotan, A. Hillel Yaffe medical center. shotan@hy.health.gov.il
Notes	Ongoing at the time of this review.