A Randomized Trial of Changing Medication Adherence In Hypertensive African-American Patients - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Weill Medical College of Cornell University National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Information provided by:	Weill Medical College of Cornell University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00248872

Purpose

The long-term objective is to determine whether better adherence to prescribed medications can be achieved through positive affect induction and self-affirmation leading to reduction in hypertension-related outcomes such as end-stage renal disease, stroke, and cardiovascular mortality among African American patients with poorly controlled hypertension.

Condition	Intervention
Hypertension	Behavioral: Positive affect and self-affirmation induction

MedlinePlus related topics: High Blood Pressure

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Single Blind (Subject), Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	A Randomized Trial of Changing Medication Adherence In Hypertensive African-American Patients

Further study details as provided by Weill Medical College of Cornell University:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Within patient change in medication adherence as measured by the MEMS cap. [ Time Frame: Every two months for one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	262
Study Start Date:	October 2004
Estimated Study Completion Date:	July 2008
Primary Completion Date:	September 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1: No Intervention This group received follow-up every 2-months for one year. Follow-up included questions about their blood pressure and how well they had been able to adhere to their medication goal.	Behavioral: Positive affect and self-affirmation induction During the physical activity goal setting process, subjects were randomly assigned to either the control or the intervention group. The intervention included receiving an additional educational workbook about using positive affect and self affirmation, as well as participating in using positive affect and self-affirmation to motivate behavior change, which in this case was to increase their medication adherence. Patient also received small token gifts to remind them of their participation in the study and to induce positive affect. The control group also set a physical activity goal and received the same follow-up, but did not participate in the positive affect and self-affirmation portion.
2: Experimental This group received follow-up every 2-months for one year. Follow-up included questions about their blood pressure and how well they had been able to engage adhere to their medication goal. The intervention included receiving an additional educational workbook about using positive affect and self affirmation, as well as participating in using positive affect and self-affirmation to motivate behavior change, which in this case was to increase their physical activity level.	Behavioral: Positive affect and self-affirmation induction During the physical activity goal setting process, subjects were randomly assigned to either the control or the intervention group. The intervention included receiving an additional educational workbook about using positive affect and self affirmation, as well as participating in using positive affect and self-affirmation to motivate behavior change, which in this case was to increase their medication adherence. Patient also received small token gifts to remind them of their participation in the study and to induce positive affect. The control group also set a physical activity goal and received the same follow-up, but did not participate in the positive affect and self-affirmation portion.

Arms

Assigned Interventions

1: No Intervention

This group received follow-up every 2-months for one year. Follow-up included questions about their blood pressure and how well they had been able to adhere to their medication goal.

Behavioral: Positive affect and self-affirmation induction

During the physical activity goal setting process, subjects were randomly assigned to either the control or the intervention group. The intervention included receiving an additional educational workbook about using positive affect and self affirmation, as well as participating in using positive affect and self-affirmation to motivate behavior change, which in this case was to increase their medication adherence. Patient also received small token gifts to remind them of their participation in the study and to induce positive affect. The control group also set a physical activity goal and received the same follow-up, but did not participate in the positive affect and self-affirmation portion.

2: Experimental

This group received follow-up every 2-months for one year. Follow-up included questions about their blood pressure and how well they had been able to engage adhere to their medication goal. The intervention included receiving an additional educational workbook about using positive affect and self affirmation, as well as participating in using positive affect and self-affirmation to motivate behavior change, which in this case was to increase their physical activity level.

Behavioral: Positive affect and self-affirmation induction

During the physical activity goal setting process, subjects were randomly assigned to either the control or the intervention group. The intervention included receiving an additional educational workbook about using positive affect and self affirmation, as well as participating in using positive affect and self-affirmation to motivate behavior change, which in this case was to increase their medication adherence. Patient also received small token gifts to remind them of their participation in the study and to induce positive affect. The control group also set a physical activity goal and received the same follow-up, but did not participate in the positive affect and self-affirmation portion.

Detailed Description:

The objective of this randomized trial is to evaluate, among African American patients with poorly controlled hypertension, whether a novel intervention of positive affect induction and self-affirmation is more effective than usual care in increasing adherence to prescribed antihypertensive medications. The main outcome will be the change in medication adherence rate from enrollment to 12 months, which is defined as percentage (%) of prescribed doses taken by the patient during the interval of observation as measured by electronic medication event monitoring system (MEMS).

2. Secondary objectives

To determine, among African American patients with poorly controlled hypertension, the extent to which positive affect induction and self-affirmation influence patients' self-efficacy.
To determine, among African American patients with poorly controlled hypertension, the extent to which positive affect induction and self-affirmation influence medication adherence in those with significant depressive symptomatology (CES-D score > 16).
To determine, among African-American patients with poorly controlled hypertension, the extent to which positive affect induction and self-affirmation influence blood pressure control.
To explore the health beliefs of hypertensive African-American patients, regarding the meaning, causes and treatment of hypertension. In addition, the factors that facilitate and prevent adherence to prescribed antihypertensive medications will also be explored using a qualitative approach.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients must be self-identified as African-Americans.
All patients must be aged 18 years and older.
All patients must be diagnosed as having hypertension: For this project, hypertension will be defined according to the widely accepted criteria of the 6th Joint National Committee (JNC VI) Guidelines on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of Hypertension, which is a systolic blood pressure > 140 mm hg or a diastolic blood pressure > 90 mm hg or if participants are taking any prescribed antihypertensive medication.
Patients must be able to provide informed consent in English.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who are unable to walk several blocks for any reason.
Patients who refused to participate
Patients who are unable to provide informed consent.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00248872

Locations

United States, New York
The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical Center
New York, New York, United States, 10021

Sponsors and Collaborators

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	Carla Boutin-Foster, MD,MS	Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Principal Investigator:	Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MS	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Study Director:	Mary E Charlson, MD	Weill Medical College of Cornell University

More Information

Responsible Party:	Weill Cornell Medical College ( Mary E. Charlson, MD )
Study ID Numbers:	N01-HC-25196 (0203-704)
Study First Received:	November 3, 2005
Last Updated:	April 1, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00248872
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government; United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Weill Medical College of Cornell University:

African-American
Hypertension
Medication adherence
Risk reduction

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Vascular Diseases
Hypertension

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Cardiovascular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009