A Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Influence of a Picture-Based Antiemetic Medication Calendar on Medication-Taking Behavior in Adults Receiving Chemotherapy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 70
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Medication Adherence to Prescribed Antiemetics
研究概览
简要总结
Determine if an oncology pictorial medication calendar will improve patient adherence to oncology supportive care medication regimens for adult patients receiving adjuvant or neo-adjuvant chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
详细描述
Primary Objective: In order to evaluate the impact of such an approach on adherence, a prospective, open-label, randomized controlled pilot trial (RCT) was carried out to determine if a picture-based medication calendar would improve patient adherence to antiemetic medication regimens for adult patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for solid organ tumor origins.
The secondary objectives were: 1) to assess medication use and self-efficacy parameters, 2) to determine patient comfort with antiemetic regimen prescribed along with chemotherapy and 3) to determine patient satisfaction with the calendar study tool.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Outpatients 18 years or older receiving chemotherapy treatment for neoadjuvant or adjuvant solid organ cancers,
- •Able to provide consent for themselves,
- •Calendar was only available in the English language, thus fluency in English was required.
排除标准
- •Participants who did not attain a minimum of grade 8 education,
- •Significant visual impairment that precluded the ability to read the picture-based medication calendar,
- •Difficulty swallowing with requirement for liquid formulations of medications,
- •If planned to receive multiple cycles of chemotherapy at satellite oncology location instead of main study site,
- •If unable to repeat the instructions back to research personnel or a care provider had to speak on the participant's behalf, the participant was withdrawn from the study.
研究组 & 干预措施
Routine Care
Routine care consists of an oncology pharmacist counselling the patient on supportive care medications prior to the patient getting his or her prescription dispensed.
Intervention
The intervention group will encompass the oncology pharmacist using the computer system to print a Picture Medication Calendar for the patient and use the calendar to explain supportive medications, in addition to routine care.
干预措施: Picture Medication Calendar (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
Medication Adherence to Prescribed Antiemetics
时间窗: 1 year
Adherence is quantified as the number of doses taken of a prescribed agent divided by the number of doses prescribed, expressed as a percentage. Pill counts were utilized to calculate the number of missed doses or pills taken as a percentage of the total number prescribed and dispensed.
次要结局
- Medication Use and Self-Efficacy (MUSE) Scale(1 year)
- Patient Understanding and Satisfaction Survey(1 year)