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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00393419
Date of registration: 26/10/2006
Primary sponsor: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Public title: Federal Study of Adherence to Medications in the Elderly (FAME)
Scientific title: Federal Study of Adherence to Medications in the Elderly (FAME)
Date of first enrolment: June 2004
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00393419
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Allen J Taylor, MD
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Affiliation:  Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Name:   Jeannie K Lee, Pharm.D
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Affiliation:  Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 65 years or older taking 4 or more chronic medications independently living

Exclusion Criteria:

- assisted living or nursing home residents presence of any serious medical condition
for which 1-year survival was expected to be unlikely



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
Medication Adherence
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Comprehensive pharmacy care program
Primary Outcome(s)
Between-group comparison of medication persistence at 14months
Change in proportion of pills taken compared to baseline (0-2months) at 8months
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol at 8months
Secondary ID(s)
04-36002
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
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