Improving Adherence to Post PCI Antiplatelet Therapy in Minority Populations

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the use of a phone based motivational interviewing among minority populations who received a coronary stent can improve adherence to antiplatelet agents from approximately 51% to 66% (15 percentage point increase) at 12 months post stent placement when compared to a mailed educational DVD.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing (MINT); Behavioral: Mailed DVD

Detailed Description

Other aims are: 1) Improve the self reported adherence of antiplatelet medications 2) Identify specific barriers for the use of post PCI anti-platelet therapy among minority populations enrolled in Humana by administering a short survey at the baseline recruitment call and at the 12 month follow up call, 3) identify predictors of never filling an anti-platelet therapy prescription post PCIS.

Inclusion criteria:

We will include black or Hispanic patients having coronary stenting using the following codes for bare metal or drug eluting stents: ICD-9 procedure codes (36.06) or (36.07), MS-DRG codes 247-249 or CPT codes 92980, 92981, C1984 G0290, G0291. The identification period will last approximately 10 months.

Primary Outcome: Medication Possession ratio as a dichotomous variable (appropriate/not appropriate adherence) and as a continuous variable

Secondary outcomes:

Self reported adherence by 4- item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-4) Barriers to appropriate adherence Predictors of adherence

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 452
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
      • University of Miami

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• We will identify prospectively all subjects who undergo coronary stenting using the following codes for bare metal or drug eluting stents: ICD-9 procedure codes (36.06) or (36.07), MS-DRG codes 247-249 or CPT codes 92980, 92981, C1984 G0290, G0291
• We will select subjects identified as Black or Hispanics by a validated algorithm that uses the Medicare race code, geocoding techniques and the Spanish Surname list.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Lack of medical files to document stent placement.
2. Not receiving informed consent.
3. Subjects with contraindications for antiplatelet therapy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Motivational interviewing (MINT); The MINT intervention will consist of 4 to 7 telephone encounters between a nurse trained in Motivational interviewing and a minority subject who recently received a coronary stent. All subjects in the MINT arm will be contacted every 3 months to complete 4 encounters. MINT is a well-known, scientifically tested behavioral counseling strategy developed as an amalgamation of principles drawn from several theoretical paradigms, the most important of which are Self-Determination Theory, Patient-Centeredness, Self-Efficacy theory, and the Stages of Change model.	Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing (MINT); We will hire a Latino and an AA nurse to deliver the interventions and will match their race/ethnicity with that of the subject. Past experience suggests that at 4-7 calls per subjects each lasting about 30-45 minutes, a nurse can carry a caseload of about 125-150 subject (we propose 125 per nurse) Each telephone encounter will have a patient centered approach having the following basic structure and goals: a)Establishing a connection and reinforcing autonomy b)Empathizing with ambivalence and rolling with resistance.c)Coach the subject towards expressions of commitment.
Active Comparator: Mailed DVD; A DVD that re-enforces an adequate behavior regarding adherence to anti-platelet will be compared to a MINT intervention. The DVD will also address many questions and concerns patients have after stent placement. The intervention is based on role theory and the effects of vicarious learning via electronic media with respect to Cardiovascular behaviors.	Behavioral: Mailed DVD; The DVD will have a documentary format that will engage subjects as the portrayed real patients relate their struggles and successes, that will entertain and ultimately motivate subjects to succeed in a similar way as the role models in the video. That personal connection will activate patients to address their own adherence issues and will show real life ways to deal with the health behaviors recommended post PCIS. Key concepts regarding adherence to medications and other behaviors will be imbedded in the story telling. The DVD will also feature a humanistic perspective of a cardiologist talking about his concerns for his patients that do not adhere to the antiplatelet therapy, the difficulties that his patients face, and the merit of the success stories he witnesses.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants With Appropriate Adherence/ Medication Possession Ratio (MPR)	Medication Possession ratio (MPR) is a continuous multiple interval measure of medication availability. This is a validated method of estimating medication adherence . The medication possession ratio is defined as the sum of the days' supply of medication divided by the number of days between the first fill and the last refill plus the days' supply of the last refill.We will use the previously validated cutpoint of MPR>=.80 to define the binary outcome of Appropriate Adherence	12 months after receiving coronary stent

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
4-Item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-4)	The Morisky 4-Item Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-4) is a self-reported measure of medication-taking behavior. Available in 33 languages, it addresses barriers to medication-taking. Each question can be answer as Yes or No for a range of 0-4 points.	At 12 month post stent placement

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Miami
• Collaborators: Humana Inc.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ana M Palacio, MD, MPH, University of Miami

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Palacio AM, Tamariz LJ, Uribe C, Li H, Salkeld EJ, Hazel-Fernandez L, Carrasquillo O. Can claims-based data be used to recruit black and Hispanic subjects into clinical trials? Health Serv Res. 2012 Apr;47(2):770-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01316.x. Epub 2011 Aug 30.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): June 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 24, 2012
• First Posted (Estimated): July 26, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): January 23, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 18, 2024
• Last Verified: January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Motivational Interviewing; Medication adherence; Coronary stents; Antiplatelet medications
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Myocardial Ischemia; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Arteriosclerosis; Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Coronary Disease; Coronary Artery Disease
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1RC1MD004327 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)