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Heart Failure,CongestiveNCT03519477

Comprehensive Medication Monitoring on Heart Failure Patient Outcomes

A study testing Sano Patient Medication Profile in people with Heart Failure,Congestive, run by Precera Bioscience, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

Official record
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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical utility of comprehensive medication monitoring using the Patient Medication Profile to improve heart failure patient medication therapy and associated outcomes relative to usual care in a hospital setting. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Heart Failure,Congestive
What is being tested?
Sano Patient Medication Profile
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2018to 21 Jan 2019
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must have a regularly scheduled visit to a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) cardiology clinic in Oakland
  • Patients must have Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (≤40%)
  • Patients have admitted to UPMC hospital facility between one and five times in past 12 months
  • Patients must be able to provide informed consent for present study
  • Patient age > 18 years

Who cannot join

  • Enrolled in Hospice
  • Patient on home inotrope (Dobutamine or milrinone)
  • World Health Organization (WHO) Group 1 or Group 5 pulmonary hypertension
  • Patient with current ventricular assist device (VAD)
  • Not able to communicate in English

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

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About this study

Official title: A Pilot Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Impact of Clinical Decision Support Using Comprehensive Medication Monitoring on Heart Failure Patient Outcomes

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical utility of comprehensive medication monitoring using the Patient Medication Profile to improve heart failure patient medication therapy and associated outcomes relative to usual care in a hospital setting.

Read the detailed description

Congestive heart failure has an exceptionally high rate of hospital admission and is responsible for more re-admissions (23.5% at 30 days) in the United States than the 2nd and 3rd leading causes combined. Inadequate medication reconciliation both on admission and discharge from the hospital is a significant cause of medical error. In one study of cardiovascular patients, 44% believed they were taking a medication they were not, and 96% were unable to recall at least one medication they were taking. In the same study patients omitted on average 6.8 medications from their medication list. Medication optimization through improved adherence and reconciled medical records has been postulated to significantly improve admission and 30-day hospital readmission rates.

Sano has developed a blood-based comprehensive medication monitoring tool that identifies and quantitates 235 prescription drugs and drug metabolites. It does not detect illicit drugs. This tool, which produces an output report designated the 'Patient Medication Profile', is designed to be used with clinical decision support to improve medication adherence, reduce medication errors, and optimize medication therapy. For heart failure patients, the investigators hypothesize that deploying the Patient Medication Profile with clinical decision support at key points of treatment intervention will A) improve medication adherence, B) identify and reconcile significant discrepancies in the medication list, C) result in reduced hospital admissions, and D) result in better overall patient outcomes. These outcome expectations are relative to usual care for heart failure patients.

Being tested
Sano Patient Medication Profile
Keywords
clinical decision support, drug levels in blood, therapeutic drug monitoring, medication adherence, medication therapy management
Medical subject headings
Heart Failure, Medication Adherence

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Sano Patient Medication ProfileDiagnostic test

    The Sano Patient Medication Profile (PMP) is a graphical report comparing prescribed medications to liquid (chromatography/tandem mass-spectrometry) LC/MS/MS-detected drugs from patient blood samples

Study groups in NCT03519477
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Heart failure care with Sano testExperimentalScheduled outpatient care for patients at high risk of admission for heart failure, supplemented with the Sano Patient Medication Profile
Receives: Diagnostic Test: Sano Patient Medication Profile
Heart failure care as-usualNo interventionScheduled outpatient care for patients at high risk of admission for heart failure, care as-usual (i.e. without the Sano Patient Medication Profile).

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change in adherence to prescribed cardiology medications

    For each patient, the proportion of prescribed medications that are detected using the baseline and final PMP will be calculated; change in adherence will be defined as proportion using final PMP, minus proportion using baseline PMP. Compare adherence difference in intervention vs. control groups.

    Measured: 30 days

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Number of hospital admissions per patient within 90 days of enrollment in intervention vs. control group

    Measured: 90 days

  2. Baseline adherence to prescribed cardiology medications as a predictor of hospital admission for heart failure within 90 days

    Baseline adherence to prescribed cardiology medications as a predictor of hospital admission for heart failure within 90 days. This endpoint will use baseline adherence and the Patient Medication Profile will not have been discussed with the care team in the intervention group, therefore both intervention and control groups will be pooled

    Measured: 90 days

  3. Drug Related Problem identification and resolution

    Documented drug related problems identified by medication reconciliation will be compared between the intervention and control groups. The number of changes in medications to resolve drug related problems, such as medication additions, terminations, dosage or frequency changes will be compared between the intervention and control groups.

    Measured: 30 days

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted9 May 2018
  2. Study startSep 2018 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion21 Jan 2019
  4. Study completion21 Jan 2019

Why it stopped: Study terminated by sponsor for commercial reasons

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03519477
Sponsor's protocol ID
SAN_UPMC_CV_001
Status last verified
Aug 2018
First submitted
26 Apr 2018
Last updated
25 Jan 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Cumbler E, Wald H, Kutner J. Lack of patient knowledge regarding hospital medications. J Hosp Med. 2010 Feb;5(2):83-6. doi: 10.1002/jhm.566.

    PubMed 20013875
  • Gupta P, Patel P, Strauch B, Lai FY, Akbarov A, Maresova V, White CMJ, Petrak O, Gulsin GS, Patel V, Rosa J, Cole R, Zelinka T, Holaj R, Kinnell A, Smith PR, Thompson JR, Squire I, Widimsky J Jr, Samani NJ, Williams B, Tomaszewski M. Risk Factors for Nonadherence to Antihypertensive Treatment. Hypertension. 2017 Jun;69(6):1113-1120. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.08729. Epub 2017 May 1.

    PubMed 28461599

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Sano Patient Medication Profile in people with Heart Failure,Congestive, run by Precera Bioscience, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 Jan 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change in adherence to prescribed cardiology medications (time frame: 30 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03519477, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 25 Jan 2019.

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