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Improving Medication Use in Patients With Hypertension

NCT00388817 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 492

Last updated 2006-10-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to determine whether minority and low-income patients with high blood pressure take their medications better when they are helped by a pharmacist and provided with special medication packaging and information aimed at persons with low health literacy.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Pharmacist intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Indiana University School of Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Wishard Health Services

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of North Carolina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael D Murray, PharmD, MPH · UNC-Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-01-31
Completion
2005-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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