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Nonadherence to medication is a major obstacle to successful treatment of renal transplant patients. This study has two primary aims. The first is to test whether a culturally sensitive cognitive-behavioral adherence promotion program could significantly improve medication adherence to tacrolimus prescription. Participants will be randomly assigned to either group CBT or to standard care. The second aim is to pilot a novel strategy of adherence measurement - unannounced telephone pill counts, which has been shown to be a valid and reliable means to measure medication adherence in other patient populations. Participants will be recruited from waiting area of the kidney transplant clinic at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Three unannounced telephone pill counts will be conducted prior to start of the intervention in order to establish baseline adherence and three pill counts will be conducted post-intervention. Tacrolimus trough concentration levels will also be collected as an additional biological measure of adherence.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group CBT | Experimental |
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| Standard Care | Active Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitive-behavioral adherence promotion program | Behavioral | A culturally sensitive group cognitive behavioral therapy combined with adherence promotion. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Adherence as measured by unannounced telephone pill count | 3 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| degree of agreement between pill count data and laboratory tacrolimus levels | 3 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
- current prescription of tacrolimus less than 98% adherence to medication prescription as determined by three baseline pill counts
Exclusion Criteria:
- lack of telephone to complete pill counts lack of English proficiency to participate in adherence promotion sessions
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36094829 | Derived | Mellon L, Doyle F, Hickey A, Ward KD, de Freitas DG, McCormick PA, O'Connell O, Conlon P. Interventions for increasing immunosuppressant medication adherence in solid organ transplant recipients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Sep 12;9(9):CD012854. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012854.pub2. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D059039 | Standard of Care |
| ID | Term |
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| D019984 | Quality Indicators, Health Care |
| D011787 | Quality of Health Care |
| D006298 | Health Services Administration |
| D017530 | Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation |
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| Standard Care | Behavioral |
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