Diabetic Treatment Adherence

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The goal of this clinical research study is to test an investigational type of packaging for diabetes drugs called "unit-dose packaging." Researchers want to learn if unit-dose packaging can help patients with Type II diabetes to take their drugs on the proper schedule.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborator: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Treatments: Metformin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adults of 18 years or older.

2. Patients with type II Diabetes taking or eligible to start metformin with at least another medication for hypertension (Lisinopril or Enalapril), hyperlipidemia (atorvastatin or simvastatin) and/or aspirin.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Dementia

2. Patients receiving current intravenous chemotherapy

3. Pregnancy

4. Patients residing in a nursing home

5. Treatment with any type of Insulin

6. Patients wanting to continue to use pill organizers for monitored medications