Use of Electronic Personal Health Records to Improve Medication Adherence

August 27, 2019 updated by: Michael Mirro, Parkview Health

The Use of Electronic Personal Health Records to Improve Medication Adherence Among Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients: A Pilot Study

The purpose of this pilot study is to examine the use of a personal health record to improve medication adherence among patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation taking dabigatran for primary prevention of embolic stroke.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Three brief newsletters will be sent by the research staff to the study patients in the form of secure messages through their MyChart account. The newsletters will describe dabigatran tolerability, adverse effects, patient monitoring, warnings/precautions, and administration. Newsletters will be developed through a review of the FDA-approved prescribing information, general tertiary references, and a search of PubMed and drafted with guidance from a Drug Information Specialist at Manchester University College of Pharmacy as well as reviewed by the research staff.

Descriptive analysis will be used to analyze the survey to assess patient attitudes and beliefs about dabigatran and personal health records, as well as to assess the level of patient engagement. Difference-in-difference regression analysis will be used to evaluate the impact of the personal health record on dabigatran adherence by comparing the differences between times (pre-post) and interventions. Patient medication adherence will be correlated from the Pharmacy refill data to determine if the Intervention Group is more compliant than the Control Group. Multivariate analysis will be used to explore factors influencing personal health record use and dabigatran adherence.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

90

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
    • Indiana
      • Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, 46845
        • Parkview Research Center; Parkview Health

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Patient of Parkview Physicians Group-Cardiology
  • Currently on dabigatran for non-valvular atrial fibrillation
  • Out-patient status
  • Ability to read and understand English
  • Access to the Internet
  • Ability to utilize the computer and Internet
  • Willingness to enroll in a MyChart account

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Physical or cognitive disability hindering provision of the informed consent process or performance of study tasks
  • Unable to physically or cognitively carry out the tasks necessary for activating and/or utilizing a personal health record
  • Designated as part of a vulnerable subject population that the investigator or designee identifies to have compromised autonomy related to potential study participation
  • Currently part of another study involving another type of personal health record (other than MyChart)

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Medication Education
Patients will receive training on the use of the personal health record and health education via the personal health record.
Other: Medication Education
Medication education delivered via the personal health record (MyChart) pertinent to the anticoagulation medication dabigatran. Education newsletters will be sent at 4, 6, and 10 weeks post-enrollment.
No Intervention: No Medication Education
Patients will receive the current standard of care for the personal health record. Patients will not receive training on the use of the personal health record or health education via the personal health record.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Medication Adherence evaluated through medication possession ratios
Time Frame: 3 months during study
3 months during study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Patient Engagement evaluated through Patient Activation Measure (PAM)
Time Frame: 3 months during study
3 months during study
Medication Knowledge evaluated through 5-question survey
Time Frame: 3 months during study
3 months during study

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Parkview Health

Collaborators

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Michael Mirro, MD, Parkview Health
  • Principal Investigator: Ozlem Ersin, PhD, Manchester University College of Medicine

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

February 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 10, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 10, 2017

First Posted (Estimate)

January 11, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 30, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 27, 2019

Last Verified

August 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PRC13-0806 ePHR AFib pilot

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

There is no plan to make individual participant data available.

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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