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Helping Patients and Physicians Make Sense of Medical Data


N/A
35 Years
70 Years
Open (Enrolling)
Both
Health Status Unknown

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Trial Information

Helping Patients and Physicians Make Sense of Medical Data


OBJECTIVES:

Primary

- Compare the effect of a prescription drug summary (one-page summary of drug information
that includes a table with data on drug benefit and side effects) vs standard brief
summary in direct-to-consumer advertisements on the comparisons of two drugs for the
same indication, knowledge of drug efficacy and side effects of each drug.

Secondary

- Comprehension of information contained in the drug facts box and rating of the
usability of the drug information.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Participants are contacted by phone via random-digit
dialing for initial interview using the computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)
system. Eligible participants are then randomized to 1 of 4 intervention arms.

- Arm I: Participants receive 2 advertisements for a drug to treat heartburn with a drug
facts second page.

- Arm II: Participants receive 2 advertisements as in arm I for drugs to treat heatburn
with the standard second page (i.e., brief summary).

Participants in both arms complete the self-reported questionnaire mailed with the
advertisement intervention.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 200 participants will be accrued for this study.

Inclusion Criteria


DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- English-speaking adults

- Must be able to be chosen by Random Digit Dialing

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- Not specified

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

Allocation: Randomized

Outcome Measure:

Comparison of two drugs for the same indication

Safety Issue:

No

Principal Investigator

Steven Woloshin, MD, MS

Investigator Role:

Principal Investigator

Investigator Affiliation:

White River Junction VAMC

Authority:

United States: Federal Government

Study ID:

CDR0000513888

NCT ID:

NCT00450931

Start Date:

Completion Date:

Related Keywords:

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