Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluating Effectiveness of Educational Intervention to Help Physicians Address Inappropriate Patient Requests for Direct-to-Consumer Advertised Prescription Medications
Lead Sponsor:
American Medical Association
Collaborating Sponsors:
Attorney General Consumer & Prescriber Education Grant
Conditions:
Lumbosacral Muscle Strain
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
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.
Detailed Description
Since changes in FDA regulation direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA), pharmaceutical companies have expended increasing resources to market their products to the public. This has led to increased awa...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Resident physicians in internal medicine or family medicine specialties at participating study sites
Exclusion
- Completed less than 10 months of residency
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
133 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00915291
Start Date
May 1 2007
End Date
October 1 2008
Last Update
June 8 2009
Active Locations (4)
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1
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States, 94305
2
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68131
3
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
4
University of Texas at Houston Medical School
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030