Status:

COMPLETED

Evaluation of Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Care on the Adherence of HIV-Positive Patients to Antiretroviral Therapy

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Collaborating Sponsors:

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Conditions:

HIV

HIV Infections

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

INTRODUCTION: Studies prove that the pharmaceutical care (PC) increases the adherence to the antiretroviral; thus, they increase the undetectable viral load. The viral load diminishes, and the prevale...

Detailed Description

Election of the sample: 332 will be selected consecutively patients registered in the SAE-Pelotas GENERAL OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Care on the adherence to the antire...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • patients registered in the SAE-Pelotas
  • adults (older 18 years)
  • inhabitants of the urban zone of Pelotas
  • not pregnant
  • in use of antiretroviral treatment
  • independent of the time of treatment
  • accept to participate in the research through the signature of a written informed consent
  • The enclosed patients will be randomized through program computerized for the group of pharmaceutical care or control group.

Exclusion

  • non signature of a written informed consent
  • incapacity to answer to the instruments of data collection
  • inhabitants are of the urban zone of Pelotas
  • patients who could not be followed by 12 months

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

332 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00959361

Start Date

June 1 2006

End Date

May 1 2009

Last Update

September 29 2009

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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil