Improving Compliance With Metformin

This study has been completed.

First Received: July 3, 2001 Last Updated: September 21, 2009 History of Changes

Sponsor:	Department of Veterans Affairs
Information provided by:	Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00018616

Purpose

This is a randomized controlled trial of adherence. The study involves monitoring and managing focused intervention in patients prescribed metformin.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Diabetes	Behavioral: MEMS caps	Phase II

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Improving Compliance With Metformin

Resource links provided by NLM:

Drug Information available for: Metformin Metformin hydrochloride

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Enrollment:	79
Study Start Date:	October 1999
Study Completion Date:	January 2005
Primary Completion Date:	January 2004 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1	Behavioral: MEMS caps

Detailed Description:

The active intervention, MEMS Feedback, involves review of patients' medication-taking over the preceding weeks

Eligibility

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00018616

Locations

United States, Connecticut
VA Connecticut Health Care System (West Haven)
West Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06516

Sponsors and Collaborators

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Marc I. Rosen, MD

VA Connecticut Health Care System (West Haven)

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	Department of Veterans Affairs ( Rosen, Marc - Principal Investigator )
Study ID Numbers:	MHBS-047-98F
Study First Received:	July 3, 2001
Last Updated:	September 21, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00018616 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

compliance
MEMS
metformin

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Metformin
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 27, 2009