Health Promoters and Pharmacists in Diabetes Team Management

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Conditions studied: Diabetes Mellitus

In brief

This research evaluates a diabetes management intervention designed to improve medication adherence and intensify therapy to reach goals in blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels. This study will determine the benefit and cost of adding community health promoters to pharmacist disease management services. If there is benefit, then this approach may help reduce the burden of diabetes and its related complications among minorities with diabetes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01498159

Run by

University of Illinois at Chicago

People needed

244

Starts

2011-12-01

Expected to finish

2018-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-03

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Self-identified as Latino/Hispanic or African-American
• Verbal fluency in English or Spanish
• Age 21 or above
• History of type 2 diabetes (> 1 year)
• Hemoglobin A1c ≥ 8.0% (within 1 year)
• Receives primary care at UIMC (> 1 year)
• Taking at least one oral medication for diabetes or hypertension

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to verbalize comprehension of study or impaired decision making (e.g., dementia)
• Lives outside Chicago communities of recruitment (3+ months/year)
• Household member already participating in same study
• Plans to move from the Chicago area within the next year
• Pregnant or trying to get pregnancy

Where it is running

• University of Illinois Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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