Improving Adherence to Statins Among Minority Populations

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Conditions studied: Dyslipidemia

In brief

Statins are cholesterol lowering medications that reduce the risk of cardiovascular events. However adherence to these medications has been found to be lower among minorities, a group particularly vulnerable for heart disease. The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of a phone based behavioral intervention to mailed educational materials regarding how to control cholesterol and other risk factors. We hypothesized that the behavioral intervention will improve adherence to statins by 15%.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02037685

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

779

Starts

2010-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-25

Who can join

Age: 35 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients over age 35 years
• Recent new prescription for a Statin (GPI code 39.40.xx ) which will be the index prescription. We will define new as no GPI code present for any statin over a 6 month period before the index prescription.
• Self report of being Latino or AA.

You may not qualify if…

• Enrollment in any other CVD intervention program

Where it is running

• University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States

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