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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Walter Reed Army Medical Center American Society of Health-System Pharmacists |
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Information provided by: | Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00393419 |
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of a comprehensive pharmacy care program on medication adherence and persistence, blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol.
Condition | Intervention |
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Medication Adherence Hypertension Hyperlipidemia |
Behavioral: Comprehensive pharmacy care program |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Open Label, Historical Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Federal Study of Adherence to Medications in the Elderly (FAME) |
Estimated Enrollment: | 200 |
Study Start Date: | June 2004 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | August 2006 |
Poor medication adherence is prevalent, difficult to manage, and diminishes the health benefits of pharmacotherapies. Elderly patients with coronary risk factors frequently require treatment with multiple medications which places them at increased risk for medication nonadherence. Effective strategies to improve adherence in the elderly are lacking, and improved health outcomes in this population have not been demonstrated.
Objective: We tested the efficacy of a comprehensive pharmacy care program including patient education and an adherence aid (medications custom-packaged in blister packs) to improve medication adherence and its associated effects on blood pressure and low density lipoprotein cholesterol.
This is a Multi-phase, prospective observational and randomized controlled trial. We enrolled community-based patients aged ≥ 65 years old taking ≥ 4 chronic medications per day.
Intervention: After a 2-month run-in phase during which baseline medication adherence (via pill counts), blood pressure, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were measured, participants entered a 6-month intervention phase during which standardized medication education and regular follow-up by a clinical pharmacist was provided and medications were dispensed in daily, time-specific blister packs. Following the intervention phase, participants were randomized to continued pharmacy care/blister packs versus usual care (return to their original method of medication administration) for an additional 6 months.
Main Outcome Measures: The primary endpoint of the observation phase was the change in the proportion of pills taken compared to baseline; secondary endpoints were the associated changes in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and blood pressure. The primary endpoint of the randomized trial was the between-group comparison of medication persistence analyzed according to intention to treat.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 65 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, District of Columbia | |
Walter Reed Army Medical Center | |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20307 |
Study Director: | Allen J Taylor, MD | Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
Principal Investigator: | Jeannie K Lee, Pharm.D | Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
Study ID Numbers: | 04-36002 |
Study First Received: | October 26, 2006 |
Last Updated: | October 26, 2006 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00393419 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
hypertension hyperlipidemia adherence |
pharmacist elderly medication |
Metabolic Diseases Hyperlipidemias Vascular Diseases Metabolic disorder |
Dyslipidemias Lipid Metabolism Disorders Hypertension |
Cardiovascular Diseases |