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The Effect of OPCSP on Adherence and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Rheumatic Diseases

NCT03024307 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 242

Last updated 2021-03-04

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Summary

This is a randomised trial on the efficacy of an Outpatient Pharmacy Clinical Services Program (OPCSP) on adherence and clinical outcomes among patients with rheumatic diseases.The purpose of this study is to evaluate:

1. rates of medication adherence in the OPCSP program compared with usual care in an integrated health care system.
2. total direct costs and clinical outcomes in the OPCSP program compared with usual care in an integrated health care system.

Conditions

  • Rheumatic Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

pharmacists involved OPCSP

This was an open labelled randomised study. Rheumatic diseases patients were recruited and arbitrarily divided into the intervention group (usual care plus OPCSP) and the non-intervention group (usual care only). Those enrolled in the research were scheduled for follow-up for eight consecutive visits. Improvements in lab results and direct costs were compared longitudinally (pre and post analysis) between the groups.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • RenJi Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shuang Ye, MD · RenJi Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-18
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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