Improving Adherence to Pharmacological Treatment (PACT)

February 19, 2009 updated by: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
The overall goal of this study was to implement and evaluate the effects of a systems-based and pharmacist-mediated program designed to improve adherence for patients with known coronary heart disease (CHD) to lipid-lowering pharmacologic therapy and of their physicians/nurse practitioners to the National Cholesterol Education Program Guidelines.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Patients were randomly assigned to a usual care condition which consisted of patients provided with usual care only, or to the Special Intervention (SI) condition. The intervention was implemented and coordinated by pharmacists, who utilized for tracking and communication the Lotus Notes®-based system that was developed for the project.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

689

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 Locations

  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01655
        • UMass Memorial Medical Center

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

30 years to 85 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • was between 30 and 85 years of age;
  • had known CHD, defined as the presence of at least one coronary lesion at coronary angiography of >50%.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • was unable or unwilling to give informed consent;
  • had a history of intolerance to two or more statin drugs;
  • planned to move out of the area within one year of recruitment;
  • had a poor prognosis such that life expectancy was thought to be <5 years;
  • had a psychiatric illness which limited ability to participate; or
  • had no telephone.

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 2
Behavioral: systems-based and pharmacist-mediated program
Patients in the SI were seen by a study pharmacists prior to discharge to establish a relationship with the patient, explain the pharmacist's role in the study, provide education about all discharge medications and a medication card listing all medications and their manner of use, and set the framework for the follow-up telephone calls. Patients received pharmacist-delivered adherence counseling telephone contacts that took place at two weeks following discharge, and at months 1, 3, 6, and 9 oriented towards assisting patients to remain adherent to prescribed lipid-lowering and other medications, and also towards ensuring that all patients were either documented to be at the LDL-C goal, or were assisted to reach the goal by facilitating the scheduling of repeat lipid measurement as needed and providing information, guidelines and prompts to the patient's physician or nurse practitioner.
Other Names:
  • Patient-centered counseling

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
The primary outcome evaluated is the percentage of patients with a serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level <70 mg/dl.
Time Frame: One year
One year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Proportion of prescribed lipid-lowering medication taken by patients as measured by a continuous multiple-interval (CMA) measure of medication availability based on pharmacy records.
Time Frame: One year
One year

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Collaborators

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Ira S Ockene, MD, University of Massachusetts, Worcester

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

September 1, 2000

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2005

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 18, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 19, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

February 20, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 20, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 19, 2009

Last Verified

February 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HL66786

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