The Drug Facts Box: Helping Consumers Understand Drugs for Risk Reduction

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

RATIONALE: The way in which information about a drug is provided may affect the ability of patients and doctors to understand how a drug works and the side effects of the drug. PURPOSE: This randomized trial is studying how well a drug facts page works compared with a short drug summary in helping patients and doctors understand medical information.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00753857

Run by

White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center

People needed

260

Starts

2006-10-01

Expected to finish

2007-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-09-17

Who can join

Age: 35 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 35-70 year old in household selected by random digit dialing

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English speaking

Where it is running

• VA Medical Center — White River Junction, Vermont, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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