Telepharmacy Robotic Medicine Delivery Unit "TRMDU" Assessment

University of Illinois

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury; Combat Disorders; Trauma; Pain; Posttraumatic Stress Disorders

Treatments: Device: TMRDU

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01007006

W81XWH-09-1-0092 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

2009-0936

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to evaluate whether use of TRMDU in addition to medication review leads to improved outcomes and reduced health care costs for patients when compared with medication review alone. The study will be conducted in patients assigned to Department of Defense (DOD) Warrior Transition Units (WTU's), similar DOD units, and VA polytrauma centers.

Full description

The military has been witnessing an increased number of patients with combat related impairments such as traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder and polytrauma which has lead to sub optimal medication self management. TRMDU is a medical device developed by INRange Systems Inc. that delivers medications and emits a sound alert to assist the patient. It can be used in a hospital, clinic, or residential setting. It can be remotely accessed by the health care professionals, and it allows physicians and other prescribers to remotely change scheduling or adjust prescriptions.

Use of TRMDU in hospital settings is expected to improve outcomes by improving medication self management, increasing adherence, reducing medication errors, and thereby associated costs. Further, it may contribute to overall improvement in a patient's psychological well-being and quality of life.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Subjects must be

• At least 18 years of age
• Alert and oriented to person , place and time
• Primarily use English language for written and oral communication
• Have diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury(TBI) Multiple Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Polytrauma.
• Taking at least 4 chronic prescription medications
• Living in a participating WTU or enrolled in Tampa Veterans Administration polytrauma outpatient treatment facility at the time of enrollment
• Achieve a minimum score of 24 on Mini-Mental State Examination

Exclusion Criteria: If patients meet following criteria they are excluded from the study

• Disabilities preventing safe use of the TRMDU
• Projected life expectancy of less than 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

TMRDU

Experimental group

Description:

Telepharmacy Robotic Medicine Delivery Unit (TMRDU) group will receive TMRDU plus medication management

Treatment:

Device: TMRDU

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Control arm will receive only medication management, no TMRDU.