NCT00450931UnknownNot Applicable
Helping Patients and Physicians Make Sense of Medical Data
White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center0 sites200 target enrollmentStarted: March 22, 2007Last updated:
Conditions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Enrollment
- 200
- Primary Endpoint
- Comparison of two drugs for the same indication
Study Overview
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: The way in which information about a drug is provided may affect the ability of patients and doctors to understand how a drug works and the side effects of the drug.
PURPOSE: This randomized trial is studying how well a drug facts page works compared with a standard brief summary in helping patients and doctors understand medical information.
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Compare the effect of a prescription drug summary (one-page summary of drug information that includes a table with data on drug benefit and side effects) vs standard brief summary in direct-to-consumer advertisements on the comparisons of two drugs for the same indication, knowledge of drug efficacy and side effects of each drug.
Secondary
- Comprehension of information contained in the drug facts box and rating of the usability of the drug information.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 35 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Comparison of two drugs for the same indication
Knowledge of drug efficacy and side effects of each drug
Secondary Outcomes
- Comprehension of information contained in the drug facts box and rating of the usability of the drug information
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