Improving Compliance With Metformin

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: MEMS caps

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00018616

MHBS-047-98F

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled trial of adherence. The study involves monitoring and managing focused intervention in patients prescribed metformin.

Full description

The active intervention, MEMS Feedback, involves review of patients' medication-taking over the preceding weeks

Enrollment: 79 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Metformin has been prescribed
• Willing to use medication containers with MEMS caps
• Capable of giving informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

79 participants in 1 patient group

1

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: MEMS caps