Determining the Impact of a Medication Delivery Unit on Medication Adherence of Adults With Common Cardiac Conditions

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Medication Adherence, Medication Nonadherence, Adverse Reaction to Drug

In brief

The research study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT). The primary endpoint is to compare medication adherence of adult patients recently hospitalized with a diagnosis of common cardiac conditions who require medication assistance either by receiving usual care or by using a medication delivery unit. The overall study will last a total of 12 months. Each subject will be enrolled for a period of 90 days.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01600677

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

11

Starts

2012-05-01

Expected to finish

2013-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-08-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients > 18 years of age.
• Admitted during the study period for a nonpsychiatric condition to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.
• Documented in their medical record with a common cardiac condition.
• Prescribed > 3 and < 20 regularly scheduled (i.e., non-PRN) prescription medications.
• Be from and return to a home setting (not to an assisted living or skilled nursing facility, or to a program for all-inclusive care of the elderly, etc).
• Reside within a predefined geographic radius of the hospital (specifically, Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington or Westmoreland Counties).
• Have a working telephone.
• Be English-speaking.
• Have an informal caregiver or support person.
• Evidence of unintentional medication non-adherence

You may not qualify if…

• Have an active prescription for narcotic analgesic.
• Enrolled in or plan to enroll into hospice care.
• Plans to travel during the next 90 days following discharge for >/= 14 consecutive days.
• Participating in another research protocol.
• Have evidence in the chart of a diagnosis of active delirium.
• Have evidence in the chart of a diagnosis of dementia.
• Have evidence in the chart of legal blindness.
• Unable to demonstrate appropriate use of the EMMA medication delivery unit.
• Unable to receive ATT wireless service data plan based on physical address.
• Evidence of intentional medication non-adherence.

Where it is running

• UPMC Presbyterian Hospitl — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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