Pragmatic, Randomized Evaluation of Statin Active Choice to Reach Improved Outcomes Based on Evidence

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Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Diseases

In brief

In this study, the investigators will conduct a pragmatic, cluster-randomized, controlled trial to evaluate an active choice intervention with and without social comparison feedback to increase physician statin prescribing rates for eligible patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03021759

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

4774

Starts

2017-02-21

Expected to finish

2017-04-21

Last updated by the study team

2019-06-20

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient has a primary care physician at University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Patient meets 2013 AHA/ACC guidelines for statin therapy but no record of a statin prescription in the electronic health record

You may not qualify if…

• Patient has an allergy or adverse reaction to statins documented in the electronic health record
• Patient has glomerular filtration rate less than 30 mL/min
• Physicians (and their respective patients) will be excluded if they have less than 10 patients among their entire panel that are eligible for a statin

Where it is running

• University of Pennsylvania Health System — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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