Diabetes Mellitus
Conditions
Keywords
Diabetes Mellitus, Pharmacist
Brief summary
The hypothesis is that patients with poorly controlled diabetes would have greater improvement in their blood sugar control when managed by a clinical pharmacist than when managed with usual medical care. Patients with poor control are randomized to pharmacist management or to usual medical care for one year.
Interventions
Pharmacist Managed the patient's diabetes in collaboration with their primary care physician
OTHERUsual care
Patient was managed by their primary care physician as usual
Sponsors
Doran Foundation
Michigan Pharmacist Foundation
Priority Health
Western Michigan Society of Health System Pharmacists
Advantage Health Physician Network
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 18 years or older * A1c greater than or equal to 9.0
Exclusion criteria
* Not expected to live for the duration of the study * Managed by an endocrinologist * Unwillingness to participate and attend pharmacist visits
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hgb A1c change | 1 year |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| HgbA1c change based on ethnicity | one year |
| percent of patients with a 1 point or greater decrease in A1c | one year |
| Percent of patients with a 1 point decrease in A1c by ethnicity | one year |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed