Improving Compliance With Metformin

This study has been completed.

First Received: July 3, 2001 Last Updated: January 20, 2009 History of Changes

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

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, 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:

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

Criteria

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

Department of Veterans Affairs

Investigators

Investigator:

Michael Rigsby, M.D.

More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	MHBS-047-98F
Study First Received:	July 3, 2001
Last Updated:	January 20, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00018616 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

metformin
compliance
MEMS

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Hypoglycemic Agents
Metformin
Diabetes Mellitus

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Metformin
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 02, 2009