Recruiting

CAMP

Sponsor:

San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Code:

NCT00599365

Conditions

Chronic Kidney Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Pharmacy care arm

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to see if a pharmacist can help patients understand how he/she should be taking their medications. The study is also being done to see if meeting with the pharmacist can help patients better control chronic kidney disease and the medical problems that can occur.

Conditions

Chronic Kidney Disease

Study ID

NCT00599365

Start date

Dec, 2007

Status verified date

Nov, 2007

Completion date

Dec, 2009

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients will be eligible for enrollment if they are > 18 year old men or women receiving care from the VAMCSF Renal Clinic with a documented diagnosis of CKD stage 2-5, and are receiving pharmacological treatment for one or more medical conditions of CKD, including hypertension, diabetes, CKD-mineral and bone disorders, and/or anemia of chronic disease.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients will be excluded from the study if they obtain medications prescribed for the above medical conditions from a facility outside the VAMCSF, are enrolled in Medi-Set clinic, are kidney transplant patients, are diagnosed with CKD stage 1, require assistance in the administration of their medications (i.e. caregiver), lack adequate transportation to clinic, and/or lack telephone access.

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Pharmacy Care arm

The pharmacist:

  • will take all the patient's medication bottles, and give medication boxes filled with medications in the order the patient should take them in.
  • will need to obtain a complete list of medications.
  • will teach the patient about the medications.
  • will provide a medication schedule, and other papers about the medications.
  • will count the pills in the medication boxes.
  • will review all the medications with the patient and answer any question.
  • will check to see if the medication is working for the patient.
  • will work with the patient's kidney doctor to adjust medications if needed.
  • will give the medication boxes filled with medications to take home.

no intervention: Control

The pharmacist:

  • will obtain a complete list of medications.
  • will count the pills in the patients' medication bottles.
  • will inform patients to take their medications from these bottles.

Interventions

Pharmacy care arm

  • The pharmacist will take all your medication bottles, and give you medication boxes filled with your medications in the order you should take them in.
  • You will need to give a complete list of medications to the pharmacist.
  • You will need to describe how you take these medications.
  • The pharmacist will teach you about the medications. This includes side effects, drug interactions, and directions.
  • The pharmacist will give you a medication schedule, and other papers about your medications.

Primary outcome measure

  • MPR cumulative persistence rates pill counts blood glucose HgbA1c hemoglobin concentration iron ferritin transferrin saturation SBP/DBP corrected calcium phosphorous calcium-phosphorus product uAlb/Cr eGFR. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jenin Lee, Pharm.D

(415) 221-4810Jenin.Lee@va.gov

Nelson Chee, Pharm.D

(415) 221-4810Nelson.Chee2@va.gov

Locations

VA Medical Center San Francisco

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94121

Principal Investigator:

Nelson Chee, Pharm.D

More Information

Sponsor

San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Last update posted

Feb 15, 2008

Last verified

Nov, 2007

Keywords

  • adherence
  • pharmacist intervention
  • persistence
  • renal clinic
  • pill count

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center on 2008-02-15.