Evaluating Effectiveness of Educational Intervention to Help Physicians Address Inappropriate Patient Requests for Direct-to-Consumer Advertised Prescription Medications
Sound Prescribing Study - Assessing the Impact of Pharmaceutical Marketing and Promotional Practices on Physician Prescribing
1 other identifier
interventional
133
1 country
4
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether physicians can be educated to better handle inappropriate requests from patients for direct-to-consumer advertised prescription medications.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started May 2007
4 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2007
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 1, 2008
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2008
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 5, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 8, 2009
CompletedJune 8, 2009
June 1, 2009
1.4 years
June 5, 2009
June 5, 2009
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Decision to prescribe celecoxib
Study Arms (2)
Usual education
NO INTERVENTIONParticipants randomized into the "no intervention" arm were not exposed to the web-based educational modules
Web-based educational modules
EXPERIMENTALParticipants randomized into the intervention arm were exposed to the web-based educational modules
Interventions
Interactive case-based modules that includes video vignettes of clinical interactions between hypothetical patients interacting with physicians
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Resident physicians in internal medicine or family medicine specialties at participating study sites
You may not qualify if:
- Completed less than 10 months of residency
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (4)
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, 94305, United States
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, Nebraska, 68131, United States
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
University of Texas at Houston Medical School
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Audiey C Kao, MD, PhD
American Medical Association
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- CARE PROVIDER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 5, 2009
First Posted
June 8, 2009
Study Start
May 1, 2007
Primary Completion
October 1, 2008
Study Completion
October 1, 2008
Last Updated
June 8, 2009
Record last verified: 2009-06