MedPath

Collaborative Nurse-pharmacist Counseling for Self-administered Biologics

Not Applicable
Withdrawn
Conditions
Medication Adherence
Medication Nonadherence
Adverse Drug Event
Registration Number
NCT05798104
Lead Sponsor
Tonia Carr
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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
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

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in patient-perceived medication knowledge and confidence.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 Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Medication adverse events/self-administration errors90 days following study visit

A pharmacist will perform a follow-up call at three months post-index. The pharmacist will interview the subject to determine if they experienced any ADEs or had any medication self-administration errors.

Medication adherence/persistence180 days following study visit

Medication dispensing records for up to six months post-index at the study institution will be collected by extraction from pharmacy dispensing software by data manager. Medication adherence and persistence will be calculated in terms of PDC and discontinuation of the medication prior to 180 days.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Kentucky

🇺🇸

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

University of Kentucky
🇺🇸Lexington, Kentucky, United States

MedPath

Empowering clinical research with data-driven insights and AI-powered tools.

© 2025 MedPath, Inc. All rights reserved.