Improving Adherence to Prescribing Guidelines for Cholesterol Lowering in Hospitalized Diabetic Patients

The Washington University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes; Dyslipidemia

Treatments: Other: Academic detailing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01113099

02-1072

R01HL070790 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

We hypothesize that when compared to usual care a greater proportion of hospitalized diabetic patients who are candidates for cholesterol lowering will be discharged with a prescription for a statin if their physicians are contacted by a pharmacist to discuss treatment guidelines.

Enrollment: 247 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hospitalized patients with diabetes
• LDL >= 100

Exclusion criteria

• Terminal illness
• Pregnancy
• Intolerance or contraindication to statin

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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247 participants in 2 patient groups

Academic detailing of physicians

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Academic detailing

Usual care

No Intervention group