Status:
COMPLETED
Pharmacy Interventions to Improve Chronic Disease Medication Refill
Lead Sponsor:
Medical University of South Carolina
Collaborating Sponsors:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Conditions:
Diabetes
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Compare the effectiveness of 3 strategies by pharmacists to decrease the time to refill of prescriptions for common chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart failure, depression,...
Detailed Description
The design was a multi-site 8-month randomized, controlled clinical trial with the patient as the unit of randomization. The Institutional Review Board at the Medical University of South Carolina appr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- All patients who were at least 7 days overdue for a qualified prescription were identified on a weekly basis (i.e. every Monday morning) using the centralized computer database. A qualified prescription was defined as having at least 2 refills remaining, a duration of at least a 30 days' supply, and having been written for any one of a number of chronic disease medications identified by a clinical pharmacist (A.M.W.). The medications of interest were those indicated for chronic treatment of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart failure, depression, and psychoses. Medications that treat any combination of the specified diseases were allowed.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
3048 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00469365
Start Date
January 1 2006
End Date
August 1 2006
Last Update
November 26 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425