Efficacy of Personal Pharmacogenomic Testing as an Educational Tool in the Pharmacy Curriculum

University of Arizona

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Genetic: No personal genomic educational testing (NPGET); Genetic: Personal genomic educational testing (PGET)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04889014

1602413309

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of personal genomic educational testing (PGET) on student knowledge and clinical skills surrounding pharmacogenomic testing to ensure it is of educational benefit to our student population. Students will be provided the opportunity to opt-in to test their own pharmacogenomic panel while participating in the standard curriculum. Students will have the option of using their own reports or dummy reports during classroom activities. Our hypothesis is that those students who have their own pharmacogenomics tested will show better overall performance.

Enrollment: 233 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willingness to provide informed consent for participation in the study
• Enrolled in 3rd year Doctor of Pharmacy course

Exclusion criteria

• Unwilling or unable to provide consent for participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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233 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Personal genomic educational testing (PGET)

Active Comparator group

Description:

PGET group participants received their own pharmacogenomic testing results prior to the course modules covering material tested in the knowledge assessment

Treatment:

Genetic: Personal genomic educational testing (PGET)

No personal genomic educational testing (NPGET)

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

No PGET (NPGET) group participants did not receive their own pharmacogenomic testing results until after study completion.

Treatment:

Genetic: No personal genomic educational testing (NPGET)