NCT02076347

Comparison of Two Pharmacist-led Population Management Approaches to Increase Monitoring of Vitamin B12 and Serum Creatinine Levels for Patients on Metformin

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 489 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ohio State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this project is to compare two pharmacist-led population management strategies designed to increase the rate of appropriate monitoring of vitamin B12 and serum creatinine for patients taking metformin.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency
• Neuropathy
• Anemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Office visit intervention	Pharmacist communicates monitoring recommendations to physician through the electronic medical record prior to a scheduled patient office visit
BEHAVIORAL	Electronic Message Intervention	Pharmacist communicates need for monitoring directly to patients and instructs them to obtain monitoring on their own time without need for an office visit with physician

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-08-01
• Completion: 2015-10-01
• First posted: 2014-03-03
• Last updated: 2015-10-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States