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Improving Compliance With Metformin

This study has been completed.

Sponsored by: 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

ChemIDplus related topics:   Metformin    Metformin hydrochloride   

U.S. FDA Resources

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

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Study Start Date:   October 1999
Estimated Study Completion Date:   February 2002

Detailed Description:

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

  Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No

Criteria
  • Metformin has been prescribed
  • Willing to use medication containers with MEMS caps
  • Capable of giving informed consent
  Contacts and Locations

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

Locations
United States, Connecticut
VA Connecticut Healthcare System    
      West Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06516

Sponsors and Collaborators

Investigators
Investigator:     Michael Rigsby, M.D.    
  More Information


Study ID Numbers:   MHBS-047-98F
First Received:   July 3, 2001
Last Updated:   June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:   NCT00018616
Health Authority:   United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:
metformin  
compliance  
MEMS  

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Metformin
Diabetes Mellitus

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 10, 2008




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