Blood Pressure First Medication Therapy Management

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension; Blood Pressure; Cardiovascular Diseases
• Interventions: Behavioral: Health Management; Blood Pressure

• Registration Number: NCT04275934
• Lead Sponsor: American Pharmacists Association Foundation

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this project is to improve the health status of participants through pharmacist-delivered blood pressure control programs that demonstrate value to employers and justify adoption, sustainability and scalability of these programs.

Detailed Description

Univariate comparisons of the baseline/pre-intervention outcomes to the post-intervention outcomes will be performed on outcomes in order to determine how the intervention affects each. For continuous outcomes data the univariate comparisons of the pre-treatment and post-intervention outcomes will be performed using related samples t-test comparisons. For categorical outcomes data, comparisons of pre-intervention to post-intervention time frames will be performed using McNemar tests.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-02-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-02-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-02-17
• Study First Posted: 2020-02-19
• Primary Completion: 2020-07-31
• Study Completion: 2020-12-31
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-18
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

• All health plan beneficiaries 18 years-of-age and older
• Have filled at least one blood pressure medication in the last three months,
• Have a known hypertension diagnosis or have an uncontrolled blood pressure

Exclusion Criteria

• Not an adult
• Not a health plan beneficiary of the self-insured employer
• Not ambulatory and able to work or participate in care visits

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cohort	Health Management; Blood Pressure	This project will evaluate the impact of self-insured employers implementing an innovative care model utilizing pharmacist-delivered MTM services for health plan beneficiaries with high blood pressure.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood Pressure Control	6-months	Management of Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Measures
Blood Pressure Change	6-months	Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Measure Changes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood Pressure Medication Adherence	6-months	Medication Adherence for Blood Pressure Medications as Measured by Proportion of Days Covered (PDC)
Health Care Utilization of Hospital Services	6-months	Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Intervention Frequency of Hospital Visits
Health Care Utilization of Primary Care Services	6-months	Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Intervention Frequency of Primary Health Care Visits
Health Care Utilization of Emergency Department Services	6-months	Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Intervention Frequency Emergency Department Visits

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Woodstock Pharmaceutical & Compounding Center Inc.; 🇺🇸 Woodstock, Georgia, United States