A Quality Ensuring Project With Focus On Patients With Cardiovascular Diseases As Well As Type 2 Diabetes.

February 17, 2021 updated by: Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.

Patient And Physician Alliance -Guideline Education Treatment Optimization

The overall objective is to increase the adherence to national guidelines for patients with established CVD and/or Type 2 diabetes by means of repeated post-graduate educational meetings and regular evaluation of the optimisation initiatives, demonstrated by improvement of goal attainment in general practice.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

2776

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

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Primary care clinic patients

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects had to meet all of the inclusion criteria to be eligible for enrollment into the study. The following subjects qualify for inclusion in the study:
  • Subjects for whom measurement of total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, blood pressure (BP) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) was planned independently of this observational study and for whom baseline values were or became available.
  • Subjects with known CVD diagnosed > or = 6 months before inclusion
  • Previous myocardial infarction
  • Ischemic heart disease (stable and unstable angina pectoris)
  • Ischemic apoplexy
  • Peripheral arterial disease
  • And/Or
  • Subjects with T2D diagnosed > or = 6 months before inclusion
  • At least 50% of the subjects had to have CVD as the primary diagnosis. It was allowed for a secondary diagnosis to be <6 months before inclusion.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects presenting with any of the following were not to be included in the study:
  • Life expectancy of < or = 2 years
  • Unable/unwilling to understand/follow instructions
  • Taking part in a clinical study involving an investigational drug
  • Followed by a specialist for their CVD and/or T2D at the time of inclusion in the study

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
1.
Behavioral: Patient adherence to national educational guidelines.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

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

January 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 20, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 20, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

December 22, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 18, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 17, 2021

Last Verified

February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • A2581154

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