Short Message Service (SMS) Impact on Patient Compliance Receiving Long Term Lipid Lowering Therapy With Statins

NCT00829348 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 61-2005-CTIL
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objective of the study is to determine whether short text massages could be used successfully as a compliance aid and improve clinical outcomes in long term lipid lowering therapy.

Conditions

Dyslipidemia

Keywords

Compliance; Chronic; Pharmacotherapy; Statins

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of patients who achieve target goals

  Every three months at one year period

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, TG

  Every three months at one year period

Study Arms (2)

Statins, counseling

NO INTERVENTION

60 patients post ACS receiving the study medication + doctor/pharmacist explanation at discharge - control group

Other: No intervention

Statins, Counselling, SMS

EXPERIMENTAL

60 patients post ACS receiving the study medication + doctor/pharmacist explanation at discharge + daily SMS reminder service (8 PM) - study group

Behavioral: Short Message Service (SMS)

Interventions

No intervention OTHER

60 patients post ACS receiving the study medication + doctor/pharmacist explanation at discharge - control group

Statins, counseling

Short Message Service (SMS) BEHAVIORAL

60 patients post ACS receiving the study medication + doctor/pharmacist explanation at discharge + daily SMS reminder service (8 PM) - study group

Statins, Counselling, SMS

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients discharged from the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit or the Internal Medicine Department following ACS who will be prescribed a statin for the first time for preventing further coronary episodes.
• Patients in the ages of 18-80.
• Patients who own mobile phone and are familiar with SMS technology and are able to read Hebrew text.

You may not qualify if:

• Contra indication to study medication: active liver disease or elevated liver enzymes; hypersensitivity to Simvastatin; pregnancy and lactation.
• Developed Myopathy/Rhabodmyalisis during study period.
• Developed increase in transaminases greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal.
• Current lipid lowering treatment (statins or other).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hillel Yaffe Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hillel Yaffe medical center

Hadera, 38100, Israel

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dyslipidemias; Patient Compliance; Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lipid Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior; Organizing Pneumonia; Bronchiolitis Obliterans; Bronchiolitis; Bronchitis; Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Graft vs Host Disease; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Avraham Shotan, MD

  Hillel Yaffe medical center, Hadera, Israel

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 26, 2009
• First Posted: January 27, 2009
• Study Start: August 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2009
• Study Completion: July 1, 2009
• Last Updated: December 30, 2009

Record last verified: 2009-12

Locations

IL (1)