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UnknownNCT03621111
A Trial on the Role of Community Pharmacist in Improving Adherence and Clinical Outcomes in Post-Infarction
Adherence, Pharmacists and Secondary Prevention in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Pilot Controlled Clinical Trial on the Role of Community Pharmacist in Monitoring Medication Adherence and Improving Clinical Outcomes in Post-infarction
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 120 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Azienda ULSS 5 Polesana · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the active involvement of Community Pharmacists in improving adherence to medical prescriptions in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), reducing the rate of adverse events and / or re-admissions due to cardiovascular disease and reducing overall health costs. The Hospital and Community Pharmacists will collaborate with each other, the patients, heart specialists and primary care physicians, throughout 12 months from the hospital discharge.
Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Acute
- ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (nSTEMI)
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Patient-counseling | After one month from the hospital discharge, the pharmacist will give to the patient general advices and suggestions regarding disease, therapy and drugs. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Patient self-administered questionnaire | The pharmacist will submit the questionnaire to the patient for the evaluation of drug adherence, life style, feelings and approach to therapies, at 30 days, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months from the enrollment. This self-questionnaire of 13 questions contains the 8 multiple choice questions of the Morisky medication adherence scale (MMAS-8-Item, Italian version). |
| BEHAVIORAL | Pills counts | At the time of the monthly drug re-supply at the community pharmacy, the patient will bring the boxes of the drugs taken in the previous month (empty or not), for the pill counts. The pharmacist will verify the correct assumption of the pharmacological therapies. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-02-19
- Primary completion
- 2019-02-19
- Completion
- 2019-08-19
- First posted
- 2018-08-08
- Last updated
- 2018-08-08
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Italy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03621111. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.