The Effect of Patient Counseling on Adolescent Hemophilia Patient Compliance With Bleeding Logs

Hemophilia A Clinical Trial

Official title: A Prospective Randomized Pilot Study on the Effect of Patient Counseling on Adolescent Hemophilia Patient Compliance With Bleeding Logs

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The study will see if counselling adolescents with severe or moderate Hemophilia A or B results in increased compliance in the maintenance of bleeding logs.

Clinical Trial Description

The study will see if counselling adolescents with severe or moderate Hemophilia A or B results in increased compliance in the maintenance of bleeding logs.To do this subjects will be randomized into a control group and a group who will receive consistent counselling by a pharmacist about their bleeding logs.

The aims of the study are:

• To provide a new method of bleeding and treatment documentation in the home setting (logs) to adolescent subjects with Hemophilia A or B

• To counsel these subjects about adherence to their treatment regimen prescribed by physician and the importance of keeping accurate documentation of each bleeding episode and its treatment.

• To improve maintenance of logs, to allow for 1) assessment of bleeding frequency and treatment efficacy and 2) early detection of target joint bleeding and the potential need for prophylactic factor replacement. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hemophilia A
• Hemophilia B

• NCT number: NCT00212459
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: New York Presbyterian Hospital
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2005
• Completion date: April 2008