The STATIN CHOICE Decision Aid for Type 2 Diabetes Patients
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Conditions studied: Diabetes
In brief
Diabetes is a growing epidemic within the United States that disproportionately affects economically disadvantaged communities like East Harlem. As diabetic patients are at very high risk for heart disease, experts recommend an aggressive approach towards using statins in people with diabetes. However, statins and other helpful drugs are only effective if patients decide to take them. Adherence to this medication is notoriously poor and is aggravated by its required life-long use. This study is designed to test the effectiveness of a new decision aid in helping diverse, inner-city patients with diabetes understand the risks and benefits in taking statins and whether this enhanced decision making process improves their adherence to the medication.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00548639
- Run by
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- People needed
- 152
- Starts
- 2007-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-03-22
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Eligible providers are
- Internists and nurse practitioners
- Provide care for patients with type 2 diabetes
- Do not plan to relocate outside the practice in the next 6 months.
- Eligible patients
- Have a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus > 1 month confirmed by provider or the medical chart
- Do not take statins, but their providers identify them as eligible for this medication
- Are currently taking statins
You may not qualify if…
- Ineligible patients
- Have, in the providers' judgment, major barriers such as hearing impairment or dementia that would compromise their participation in shared decisionmaking;
- are not available for follow-up 3 months after randomization
- are pregnant
- are under age 21
Where it is running
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States
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