The Effect of Patient Counseling on Adolescent Hemophilia Patient Compliance With Bleeding Logs

New York Presbyterian Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemophilia B; Hemophilia A

Treatments: Behavioral: Counseling; Behavioral: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00212459

Bleeding Logs

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will see if counselling adolescents with severe or moderate Hemophilia A or B results in increased compliance in the maintenance of bleeding logs.

Full description

The study will see if counselling adolescents with severe or moderate Hemophilia A or B results in increased compliance in the maintenance of bleeding logs.To do this subjects will be randomized into a control group and a group who will receive consistent counselling by a pharmacist about their bleeding logs.

The aims of the study are:

• To provide a new method of bleeding and treatment documentation in the home setting (logs) to adolescent subjects with Hemophilia A or B
• To counsel these subjects about adherence to their treatment regimen prescribed by physician and the importance of keeping accurate documentation of each bleeding episode and its treatment.
• To improve maintenance of logs, to allow for 1) assessment of bleeding frequency and treatment efficacy and 2) early detection of target joint bleeding and the potential need for prophylactic factor replacement.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 12 to 20 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages 12 through 20
• Severe or moderate Hemophilia A or B
• Self-infusing or transitioning to self infusion in the home setting
• Already assigned responsibility of monitoring bleeding logs

Exclusion criteria

• Not meeting inclusion criteria

Trial design

14 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Patients are contacted every two weeks after initial counseling to discuss completion of bleeding records.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Counseling

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

After the initial counseling with regards to bleeding records, there are no more contacts made with the control patients.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control