Pharmacists Management of Diabetes

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus
• Interventions: Other: Pharmacist Management; Other: Usual care

• Registration Number: NCT00869076
• Lead Sponsor: Advantage Health Physician Network

Brief Summary

The hypothesis is that patients with poorly controlled diabetes would have greater improvement in their blood sugar control when managed by a clinical pharmacist than when managed with usual medical care. Patients with poor control are randomized to pharmacist management or to usual medical care for one year.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-05
• Primary Completion: 2007-12
• Study Completion: 2007-12
• Status Verified: 2009-03
• Study First Submitted: 2009-03-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-03-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-03-24
• Study First Posted: 2009-03-25
• Last Update Posted: 2009-03-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 102

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18 years or older
• A1c greater than or equal to 9.0

Exclusion Criteria

• Not expected to live for the duration of the study
• Managed by an endocrinologist
• Unwillingness to participate and attend pharmacist visits

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pharmacist Management	Pharmacist Management	In this arm the Pharmacist managed the Diabetes in collaboration with the primary care physician
Usual Care	Usual care	The patient was managed by the primary care physician

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hgb A1c change	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
percent of patients with a 1 point or greater decrease in A1c	one year
HgbA1c change based on ethnicity	one year
Percent of patients with a 1 point decrease in A1c by ethnicity	one year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Advantage Health Physican Network; 🇺🇸 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States