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Home based Education and Learning Program for Gout

Not Applicable
Conditions
Gout
Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders
Registration Number
ACTRN12621000761864
Lead Sponsor
South Metropolitan Health Service
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

Gout, meeting 2016 ACR classification criteria
English literate
Able to commit to study for 4 months
Males over 18 years of age, or post menopausal females
Residing in Australia

Exclusion Criteria

Non-independent living
Inability to give informed consent
Any condition in the opinion of the investigator that should exclude the participant.
Incarceration
Intolerant of allopurinol and feboxustat

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
A participant survey administered at week 16 will be used to determine acceptability of interventions to participants.[16 weeks post-intervention commencement]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Formal serum urate at an accredited pathology laboratory. as an outcome measure will only be measured once at baseline and once at week 16. A point or serum urate will be measured at the home visits in the intervention arm as a tool to guide therapy, not to measure efficacy of the intervention. [16 weeks post-intervention commencement];number of withdrawals from study assessed by audit of study database[16 weeks post-intervention commencement<br>];Adverse Events, assessed in accordance with the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE4)[16 weeks post-intervention commencement];the number of self-reported gout flares, using patient self reported information in the Gout Activity Questionnaire[16 weeks post-intervention commencement];Disease activity assessed using the Gout Activity Score[16 weeks post-intervention commencement]; Disease-related knowledge assessed using the Gout Knowledge Questionnaire[16 weeks post-intervention commencement]
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