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