Community Pharmacy Assisting in Total Cardiovascular Health (CPATCH)

University of Saskatchewan

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Adherence; Statin Therapy

Treatments: Behavioral: CPATCH intervention to support statin adherence

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01509014

NCT00971412

Details and patient eligibility

About

Despite proven benefits in reducing morbidity and mortality, many patients become nonadherent to statin therapy within the first year of starting. Due to their accessibility and frequent patient contact, pharmacists are well-positioned to improve medication adherence.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a simple intervention by community pharmacists can improve statin adherence in new statin users.

Enrollment: 2,250 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pharmacies must fill at least 85 statin prescriptions in a six-week period
• CPATCH intervention was given priority over other study initiatives offered by the pharmacy
• All members of pharmacy staff provided informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2,250 participants in 2 patient groups

Pharmacy Intervention Arm

Experimental group

Description:

All patients receiving statins from pharmacies allocated to the pharmacist intervention arm of the study

Treatment:

Behavioral: CPATCH intervention to support statin adherence

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Pharmacies not allocated to the intervention arm will serve as the control. They received no training on the CPATCH intervention and provide usual care to patients at their pharmacy.