Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Nick Barber
ORCID ID
Contact details
School of Pharmacy
University of London
29-39 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AX
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7753 5864
nbarber@ams1.ulsop.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RDC01027
Study information
Scientific title
Evaluating a new model of care to enable patients to manage their medicines
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Nonadherence (noncompliance) with prescribed medicines is common, usually preventable, and causes significant morbidity, hospitalisation and wasted resources. This study is evaluating a novel community pharmacy based service, designed to improve patients' satisfaction with their medicines, reduce nonadherence and hence improve their health outcomes. In this service patients receiving newly prescribed medicines from their pharmacy will have a follow-up phone call from the pharmacist to resolve any problems with their medicines and meet any information needs. This randomised controlled trial will determine whether the service reduces nonadherence and increases satisfaction with information about medicines. An economic evaluation will also be conducted.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Problems with medicines
Intervention
i. Follow-up phone call from pharmacists
ii. Standard care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Patients needs; problems with medicines; satisfaction with information about medicines scale (SIMS); adherence; health status (SF36).
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/12/1998
Overall trial end date
01/03/2001
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients requiring prescription medicines for stroke, coronary heart disease, asthma, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis or aged 75 or older.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/12/1998
Recruitment end date
01/03/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
School of Pharmacy
London
WC1N 1AX
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive London (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list