Pharmacists Management of Diabetes

This study has been completed.

First Received: March 23, 2009 Last Updated: March 24, 2009 History of Changes

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Advantage Health Physician Network Doran Foundation Michigan Pharmacist Foundation Priority Health Western Michigan Society of Health System Pharmacists
Information provided by:	Advantage Health Physician Network
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00869076

Purpose

The hypothesis is that patients with poorly controlled diabetes would have greater improvement in their blood sugar control when managed by a clinical pharmacist than when managed with usual medical care. Patients with poor control are randomized to pharmacist management or to usual medical care for one year.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Diabetes Mellitus	Other: Pharmacist Management Other: Usual care	Phase IV

MedlinePlus related topics: Diabetes

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Health Services Research, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Pharmacist Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Further study details as provided by Advantage Health Physician Network:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Hgb A1c change [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

HgbA1c change based on ethnicity [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
percent of patients with a 1 point or greater decrease in A1c [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Percent of patients with a 1 point decrease in A1c by ethnicity [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment:	102
Study Start Date:	May 2006
Study Completion Date:	December 2007
Primary Completion Date:	December 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Pharmacist Management: Experimental In this arm the Pharmacist managed the Diabetes in collaboration with the primary care physician	Other: Pharmacist Management Pharmacist Managed the patient's diabetes in collaboration with their primary care physician
Usual Care: Active Comparator The patient was managed by the primary care physician	Other: Usual care Patient was managed by their primary care physician as usual

Eligibility

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

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Age 18 years or older
A1c greater than or equal to 9.0

Exclusion Criteria:

Not expected to live for the duration of the study
Managed by an endocrinologist
Unwillingness to participate and attend pharmacist visits

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00869076

Locations

United States, Michigan
Advantage Health Physican Network
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503

Sponsors and Collaborators

Advantage Health Physician Network

Doran Foundation

Michigan Pharmacist Foundation

Priority Health

Western Michigan Society of Health System Pharmacists

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	Ferris State University ( John Jameson, PharmD. )
Study ID Numbers:	PharmacistDiabetesJameson
Study First Received:	March 23, 2009
Last Updated:	March 24, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00869076 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Advantage Health Physician Network:

Diabetes Mellitus
Pharmacist

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Metabolic Diseases
Diabetes Mellitus
Endocrine System Diseases

Endocrinopathy
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Disorder

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Metabolic Diseases
Diabetes Mellitus
Endocrine System Diseases
Glucose Metabolism Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 07, 2009