Status:
TERMINATED
The Effect of the MedSentry System on Medication Adherence
Lead Sponsor:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Conditions:
Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this pilot study to evaluate the effect of the MedSentry system, a multi-faceted medication adherence device and reminder system, on medication adherence and clinical outcomes in heart-fai...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients who have successfully completed the Partners Connected Cardiac Care Program (CCCP)
- Take at least 3 and no more than 10 different daily medications (including both prescription and non-prescription/over the counter medications) to treat Heart Failure (HF) and other comorbid disorders.
- Take medications no more than 4 specified times each day (i.e. morning, afternoon, early evening, bedtime).
- The patient must be able to open a pill bottle independently.
- The patient must be able to sort and manage their own medications.
- Hospitalization within the last 24 months.
- Have a telephone or cell phone.
- Live in the greater Boston area.
- The patients must speak, read and write English.
- The patients must not be either vision or hearing impaired (i.e., unable to hear an alarm similar to a clock alarm or oven alarm).
- Patient must have an Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) affiliated care provider.
Exclusion
- Dementia or other conditions precluding the participant from providing informed consent or from learning to use the MedSentry pillbox.
- Home environment unsuitable for the MedSentry pillbox and other installed equipment.
- Awaiting revascularization, cardiac resynchronization or heart transplant.
- Patients with a coexisting terminal illness like cancer or Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) requiring dialysis.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
26 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01814696
Start Date
March 1 2013
End Date
October 1 2014
Last Update
September 17 2020
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114