The Effect of Synching Prescription Refills on Adherence

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension; Medication Adherence; Diabetes; Hypercholesterolemia

Treatments: Behavioral: Refill synch

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01934608

HUM-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effect of synchronizing a patient's prescription refill schedule on medication adherence. The targeted population is Humana members who are currently taking 2 or more Stars medications (hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes) and are current customers of RightSource. Participants will be randomized to one of two groups. Group one will be usual care and group two will be the Rx synchronization group.

Enrollment: 691 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Humana members who are currently taking 2 or more Stars medications (hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes) and are current customers of RightSource.

Exclusion criteria

• under 18 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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691 participants in 2 patient groups

Refill synch

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will have their medication refill schedule synchronized.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Refill synch

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive usual care