Improving Patient Knowledge and Confidence in Specialty Biologic Self-administration Through Collaborative Nurse-pharmacist Counseling
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Medication Adherence
- Sponsor
- Tonia Carr
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in patient-perceived medication knowledge and confidence.
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if nurse-pharmacist counseling can improve patient knowledge and confidence and prevent side effects in patients who start a biologic medication in-office and later continue the medication at home. The main question it aims to answer are:
• Does nurse-pharmacist counseling improve patient-reported knowledge and confidence in biologic self-treatment when moving from in-office to at-home administration?
Participants will attend a brief counseling session in office and respond to a pre-counseling and post-counseling survey to look at medication knowledge and confidence. Participants will be contacted at three months after the survey to ask if they had any side effects related to their biologic medicine. Data will be collected from the participant's medical record at the study institution for up to six months after the study counseling session.
Investigators
Tonia Carr
Nurse Manager
University of Kentucky
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Referred to University of Kentucky Specialty and Infusion Services for clinic-administration of a biologic medication
- •Biologic medication is omalizumab, risankizumab-rzaa or ustekinumab
- •Medication administration will be transitioned to self-administration
Exclusion Criteria
- •Less than 18 years of age
- •have previously received the qualifying biologic at another institution
- •non-English speaking subjects
- •Subject will not be performing self-administration at home
- •Does not transition to medication self-administration
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in patient-perceived medication knowledge and confidence.
Time Frame: Immediately before and after counseling session during 1 day study visit
Patient knowledge and confidence will be assessed pre- and post-survey during the study counseling visit utilizing a modified Okere-Renier survey. Investigators hypothesize that patient knowledge and confidence in self-administering their biologic will increase after receipt of the combined nurse-pharmacist counseling intervention.
Secondary Outcomes
- Medication adverse events/self-administration errors(90 days following study visit)
- Medication adherence/persistence(180 days following study visit)