EmPhAsIS: Empowering Pharmacists in Asthma Management Through Interactive SMS

NCT ID: NCT02170883

Last Updated: 2020-12-10

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

271 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-05-31

Study Completion Date

2019-03-31

Brief Summary

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Between 8% and 12% of Canadians suffer from asthma. Although there are effective and inexpensive treatments, adherence to asthma treatment is amongst the lowest for all chronic diseases.The purpose of this study is to determine whether enhancing the role of community pharmacists in asthma management using interactive short messaging service (SMS) with asthma patients is a cost-effective model that will improve adherence to inhaled corticosteroid medications compared to usual care.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Asthma

Keywords

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asthma mHealth cluster randomized controlled trial pharmacy practice pharmacist

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Interactive SMS

Intervention with interactive SMS (text messaging) by which patients are asked to disclose their level of agreement with the following statement "I follow my asthma medication plan" and pharmacist follow-up

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Interactive SMS

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual care

Pharmacist conducted patient education, counseling and action-plan

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Interactive SMS

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* individuals who fill a (incident or prevalent) prescription for inhaled corticosteroids (either monotherapy or in combination inhaler with long-acting beta-agonists) who have been diagnosed by a doctor as having asthma
* possessing a cell-phone with ability to send/receive text messages
* residing in British Columbia (BC), Canada and planning to reside in BC for the next 12 months
* registered with the medical services plan (MSP, the provincial insure of medically-required services) in the past 12 months, and planning to remain registered for the next 12 months
* designated pharmacy being the main drugstore for patient
* not participating in another interventional study
* consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Unable to communicate in English
* Under 14 years of age
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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WelTel

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

College of Pharmacists of British Columbia

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of British Columbia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mary De Vera

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mary De Vera, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of British Columbia

Locations

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UBC

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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De Vera MA, Sadatsafavi M, Tsao NW, Lynd LD, Lester R, Gastonguay L, Galo J, FitzGerald JM, Brasher P, Marra CA. Empowering pharmacists in asthma management through interactive SMS (EmPhAsIS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Dec 13;15:488. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-488.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25494702 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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H14-01451

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id