Collaborative Nurse-pharmacist Counseling for Self-administered Biologics (COLLAB)

April 25, 2024 updated by: Tonia Carr

Improving Patient Knowledge and Confidence in Specialty Biologic Self-administration Through Collaborative Nurse-pharmacist Counseling

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if nurse-pharmacist counseling can improve patient knowledge and confidence and prevent side effects in patients who start a biologic medication in-office and later continue the medication at home. The main question it aims to answer are:

• Does nurse-pharmacist counseling improve patient-reported knowledge and confidence in biologic self-treatment when moving from in-office to at-home administration?

Participants will attend a brief counseling session in office and respond to a pre-counseling and post-counseling survey to look at medication knowledge and confidence. Participants will be contacted at three months after the survey to ask if they had any side effects related to their biologic medicine. Data will be collected from the participant's medical record at the study institution for up to six months after the study counseling session.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

    • Kentucky
      • Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40503
        • University Of Kentucky

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Referred to University of Kentucky Specialty and Infusion Services for clinic-administration of a biologic medication
  • Biologic medication is omalizumab, risankizumab-rzaa or ustekinumab
  • Medication administration will be transitioned to self-administration

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Less than 18 years of age
  • have previously received the qualifying biologic at another institution
  • non-English speaking subjects
  • Subject will not be performing self-administration at home
  • Does not transition to medication self-administration

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Collaborative nurse-pharmacist counseling
Collaborative nurse-pharmacist counseling - At the interventional appointment, study participants will first complete a modified Okere-Reiner pre-survey assessing patient perceptions of confidence and knowledge in their biologic therapy. Subsequently, a pharmacist will perform a refresher medication counseling, detailing indication, dosing, storage, and side effects. Upon completion of this counseling, an infusion nurse will then provide education demonstrating proper self-administration to the patient. The patient will then self-administer the medication with coaching and direct observation from the nurse. Afterwards, the patient will complete the Okere-Reiner post-survey to determine the effectiveness of the counseling session at improving perceived confidence and knowledge. Patients will complete both the pre-and post-surveys with direct entry to REDCap on an institution iPad during the study intervention visit.
At the interventional appointment, study participants will first complete a modified Okere-Reiner pre-survey assessing patient perceptions of confidence and knowledge in their biologic therapy. Subsequently, a pharmacist will perform a refresher medication counseling, detailing indication, dosing, storage, and side effects. Upon completion of this counseling, an infusion nurse will then provide education demonstrating proper self-administration to the patient. The patient will then self-administer the medication with coaching and direct observation from the nurse. Afterwards, the patient will complete the Okere-Reiner post-survey to determine the effectiveness of the counseling session at improving perceived confidence and knowledge. Patients will complete both the pre-and post-surveys with direct entry to REDCap on an institution iPad during the study intervention visit.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in patient-perceived medication knowledge and confidence.
Time Frame: Immediately before and after counseling session during 1 day study visit
Patient knowledge and confidence will be assessed pre- and post-survey during the study counseling visit utilizing a modified Okere-Renier survey. Investigators hypothesize that patient knowledge and confidence in self-administering their biologic will increase after receipt of the combined nurse-pharmacist counseling intervention.
Immediately before and after counseling session during 1 day study visit

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Medication adverse events/self-administration errors
Time Frame: 90 days following study visit
A pharmacist will perform a follow-up call at three months post-index. The pharmacist will interview the subject to determine if they experienced any ADEs or had any medication self-administration errors.
90 days following study visit
Medication adherence/persistence
Time Frame: 180 days following study visit
Medication dispensing records for up to six months post-index at the study institution will be collected by extraction from pharmacy dispensing software by data manager. Medication adherence and persistence will be calculated in terms of PDC and discontinuation of the medication prior to 180 days.
180 days following study visit

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Tonia Carr, BSN, University Of Kentucky

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

March 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

May 1, 2024

Study Completion (Estimated)

November 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 17, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 3, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

April 4, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 29, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 25, 2024

Last Verified

April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 80874

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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