Impact of Pharmaceutical Interviews on the Medication Adherence of Epileptic Patients

Epilepsy Clinical Trial

— EPIPHARM  

Official title:

Study of the Impact of Pharmaceutical Interventions on the Medication Adherence of Epileptic Patients and Their Medication Knowledge

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04876820
• Other study ID #: 2020_84
• Secondary ID: 2021-A00578-33
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: October 2023

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: University Hospital, Lille
• Contact: Philippe DERAMBURE, MD,PhD
• Phone: 0320445962
• Email: philippe.derambure[@]chru-lille.fr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Many studies have reported a disparity in medication adherence among epileptic patients. In this population, Medication Possession Ratio (MPR) is an index of medication adherence. MPR is defined as the ratio of the number of days of treatment delivered to the number of days in the period of interest.

No-adherents patients are defined by a MPR of less than 80% , in whom an increase in seizures and the rate of hospitalization can be observed. A pharmacist-led intervention and medication information to epileptic patients could improve patient medication adherence to antiepileptic drugs, and possibly decrease the frequency of seizures, hospitalizations and the health costs generated by these hospitalizations. This intervention could also improve patient knowledge about their medications.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a pharmacist-led intervention on medication adherence of epileptic patients with the MPR. Secondary objectives include the comparison of medication adherence with health insurance score, the evaluation of patients knowledges about their medications, community pharmacists' satisfaction about community hospital network, the comparison of the seizure free patient rate and the comparison of the rate of patient in whom seizure have decreased by 50%

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 248
• Est. completion date: October 2023
• Est. primary completion date: October 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Epileptic patients seeing a neurologist in the neurophysiology clinic with a regular follow-up by the Lille University Hospital reference center

• Adult over 18 years old

• Living at home

• Socially insured patient

• In the case of cognitive problems, the presence of a reliable caregiver managing the medications

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inpatients

• Patient under curatorship, guardianship and/or institutionalized

• Dementia

• Patient who has participated in a therapeutic education program (TEP) about his epilepsy within the previous two years

• Administrative reasons: impossibility to receive informed information, impossibility to participate in the entire study, lack of coverage by the social security system, refusal to sign the consent form.

• Switching to home care by a registered nurse for treatment management

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Epilepsy

Intervention

Other:
• Pharmacist intervention
In the intervention arm, the patient meets with the pharmacist. Pharmaceutical intervention (H1) about anti-epileptic drugs prescribed will be done: information on when to take the medication, what to do if you forget to take it or vomit, and an explanation of adverse events. The aim is to improve medication adherence and patient knowledge. A report will be sent to the community pharmacist. An assessment of medication adherence to antiepileptic drug by MPR at H1 3 months and 6 months (phone call to community pharmacist) will be done. The health insurance score will also be done. An assessment of patient knowledge by a self-made knowledge questionnaire (10 items) at H1 in pre- post interview -, 3 and 6 months (phone call to patient) will be done. An assessment of pharmacists' satisfaction about community hospital network by a satisfaction questionnaire will be done.
• Standard of care
An assessment of medication adherence to antiepileptic drug by MPR at the inclusion then 3 months and 6 months later will be done by a phone call to the community pharmacist. An assessment of patient knowledge by a self-made knowledge questionnaire (10 items) at the inclusion then 3 and 6 months later will be done by a phone call to the patient. The health insurance score will be also done during this call.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Hopital Roger Salengro, CHU Lille	Lille

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Lille

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Medication Possession Ratio (MPR)	Compare adherence to antiepileptic drugs between patients who received pharmacist led intervention and those who did not by Medication Possession Ratio (MPR) 3 months after inclusion	at 3 months after inclusion
Secondary	Medication Possession Ratio (MPR)	Compare adherence to antiepileptic drugs between patients who received pharmacist led intervention and those who did not by Medication Possession Ratio (MPR) 6 months after inclusion	at 6 months after inclusion
Secondary	Rate of MPR >80 percent	Compare the rate of adherent patients rate (MPR > 80 percent) between the two arms at 3 and 6 months	at 3 months and 6 months
Secondary	Pharmaceutical interview measured by responses to the knowledge Questionnaire (10-point score)	Evaluate the development (before vs after led pharmacist intervention) and maintenance of patient knowledge of patients received pharmacist intervention and compare them to the patient knowledge who received conventional management.	at 1 hour, 3 months and 6 months
Secondary	Satisfaction score on a Likert scale (score 1 to 5)	Evaluate the satisfaction of community pharmacist about community hospital network by a satisfaction questionnaire in the intervention group	at 3 months and 6 months
Secondary	Assessment of health insurance score (Score 0 to 6)	Compare drug adherence via the health insurance score between the 2 arms	at 3 months and 6 months
Secondary	Rate of patients with no seizures	Compare the rate of seizure free patients between the two arms	at 6 months
Secondary	Rate of patient in whom seizure have decreased by 50 percent	Compare the rate of patient in whom seizure have decreased by 50 percent between the two arms	at 6 months