Evaluating Ways to Improve Medication Use Among People With Osteoporosis
Improving Medication Adherence for Osteoporosis: A Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial
Studienübersicht
Status
Status
Bedingungen
Bedingungen
Intervention / Behandlung
Intervention / Behandlung
Detaillierte Beschreibung
Fractures associated with osteoporosis are expected to rise to 3 million by 2025 with a cost of $25 billion in medical costs. Many of these fractures could be avoided through preventive measures, such as improved implementation of fall reduction strategies and use of effective medications. While medications can significantly reduce the chance of fractures among adults with osteoporosis, alarmingly few at-risk adults use osteoporosis treatments regularly. Only 10% to 30% of at-risk adults ever initiate osteoporosis medications, and of those, only 40% to 50% continue to fill their prescriptions after 1 year. There is a clear need to develop ways for improving adherence with osteoporosis medication regimens. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a telephone coaching program, with or without helpful adherence notifications to doctors, in improving treatment adherence in older adults who are starting an osteoporosis medication.
Participation in this study will last 1 year. Through random assignment of doctor practices, participants will fall into one of three groups.
- Group A participants will receive mailed education materials on osteoporosis and medication use throughout the 1-year study.
- Group B participants will receive monthly 5- to 10-minute phone calls from a health educator who is specially trained in osteoporosis. The phone calls will involve coaching participants on behavioral reinforcement strategies that will help them to continue taking their medications on schedule. Participants will also receive specially tailored education on osteoporosis and fracture prevention during the phone calls. A close family member or friend of the participant will be contacted via phone two times during the study year. During these phone calls, the family member or friend will learn how to support the participant in such a way that medication adherence is more likely.
- Group C participants will receive the same treatment as Group B. Doctors assigned to Group C will receive written educational information on the rates of medication adherence, implications of nonadherence, and methods for improving adherence among patients. Doctors will also receive alerts about any of their participating patients who are not filling medication prescriptions. The alert message will be provided in both paper and electronic format. The electronic format can be easily formatted, allowing the doctor to send a personalized letter to their patients.
At the end of the study, all participants will complete a mailed questionnaire on their behaviors and demographics. Doctors will complete a mailed questionnaire aimed at determining what parts of the interventions were well received. The occurrence of hip, forearm, and/or upper arm fractures will be evaluated using Medicare claims data.
Studientyp
Studientyp
Einschreibung (Tatsächlich)
Einschreibung
Phase
Phase
- Phase 3
Kontakte und Standorte
Studienorte
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Massachusetts
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Boston, Massachusetts, Vereinigte Staaten, 02115
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Teilnahmekriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Studienberechtigtes Alter
Akzeptiert gesunde Freiwillige
Studienberechtigte Geschlechter
Beschreibung
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients enrolled in the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE) program at the Pennsylvania Department of Aging who begin taking a medication for osteoporosis
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to communicate over the telephone with health educators
Studienplan
Wie ist die Studie aufgebaut?
Designdetails
- Hauptzweck: Behandlung
- Zuteilung: Zufällig
- Interventionsmodell: Parallele Zuordnung
- Maskierung: Keine (Offenes Etikett)
Anzahl der Arme
Waffen und Interventionen
Teilnehmergruppe / ArmTeilnehmergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlungIntervention / Behandlung |
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Aktiver Komparator: A
Participants will receive mailed education materials on osteoporosis and medication use.
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Mailed education materials on osteoporosis and medication use over a 1-year period
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Experimental: B
Participants will receive a telephone coaching program.
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A telephone coaching program that will involve twelve monthly 5- to 10-minute phone calls from a health educator who is specially trained in osteoporosis.
The phone calls will involve coaching participants on behavioral reinforcement strategies that will help them to continue taking their medications on schedule; phone calls will also include specially tailored education on osteoporosis and fracture prevention.
A close family member or friend of the participant will also be contacted via phone two times during the study by the health educator.
During these phone calls, the family member or friend will learn how to support the participant in such a way that medication adherence is more likely.
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Experimental: C
Participants will receive a telephone coaching program, and doctors of these participants will receive medication adherence alert notifications.
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A telephone coaching program that will involve twelve monthly 5- to 10-minute phone calls from a health educator who is specially trained in osteoporosis.
The phone calls will involve coaching participants on behavioral reinforcement strategies that will help them to continue taking their medications on schedule; phone calls will also include specially tailored education on osteoporosis and fracture prevention.
A close family member or friend of the participant will also be contacted via phone two times during the study by the health educator.
During these phone calls, the family member or friend will learn how to support the participant in such a way that medication adherence is more likely.
Doctors of participants will receive written educational information on the rates of medication adherence, implications of nonadherence, and methods for improving adherence among people with osteoporosis.
Doctors will also receive alerts on any patients who are not filling their medication prescriptions.
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Was misst die Studie?
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Zeitfenster |
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Medication adherence
Zeitfenster: At Month 12
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At Month 12
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Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Zeitfenster |
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Medication persistence
Zeitfenster: At Month 12
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At Month 12
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Mitarbeiter und Ermittler
Sponsor
Sponsor
Mitarbeiter
Mitarbeiter
Ermittler
Ermittler
- Hauptermittler: Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Studienleiter: Timothy Gleeson, BS, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publikationen und hilfreiche Links
Studienaufzeichnungsdaten
Haupttermine studieren
Studienbeginn
Studienbeginn
Primärer Abschluss (Tatsächlich)
Primärer Abschluss
Studienabschluss (Tatsächlich)
Studienabschluss
Studienanmeldedaten
Zuerst eingereicht
Zuerst eingereicht
Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat
Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat
Zuerst gepostet (Schätzen)
Zuerst gepostet
Studienaufzeichnungsaktualisierungen
Letztes Update gepostet (Schätzen)
Letztes Update gepostet
Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt
Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt
Zuletzt verifiziert
Zuletzt verifiziert
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Begriffe im Zusammenhang mit dieser Studie
Schlüsselwörter
Zusätzliche relevante MeSH-Bedingungen
Andere Studien-ID-Nummern
Andere Studien-ID-Nummern
- P60AR047782 (US NIH Stipendium/Vertrag)
- P60AR047782-06A1 (US NIH Stipendium/Vertrag)
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