NCT01864239

The Medicines Advice Service Evaluation

The Medicines Advice Service: A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Pharmacy-based Telephone Intervention to Support Patients Taking Medication for a Long-term Condition

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 677 (actual)
• Sponsor: University College, London · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether talking to a pharmacist on the telephone can help to support people taking medicine for a long-term condition.

Detailed description

Non-adherence to medication is common and although some interventions have shown promise in improving adherence, the findings are inconsistent. This randomised controlled trial aims to test the effectiveness of a pharmacy-based telephone intervention compared to usual care on medication adherence and health outcomes in patients taking medicines for a long-term condition.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Hyperlipidemias

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Medicines Advice Service	The intervention consists of: 1. Telephone consultations with a pharmacist 2. Follow-up tailored written information 3. A medicine reminder chart

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-11-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2013-05-29
• Last updated: 2015-05-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom