Evaluating Dashboard-Integrated Pharmacist-Led Education on Improving Sacubitril/Valsartan Adherence in Heart Failure (PharmD ASSIST HFrEF)

Pharmacist-Led Education Through Interactive Visualization Dashboards for Adherence Support and Sustained Involvement in Sacubitril/Valsartan Therapy for Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (PharmD ASSIST HFrEF): Study Protocol for Implementation in a Parallel-Group, Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

The goal of this pragmatic clinical trial is to evaluate whether pharmacist-led education, integrated with interactive visualization dashboards, can enhance medication adherence in patients with heart failure who are prescribed sacubitril/valsartan. The main question it aims to answer is: Can pharmacist-led interactive visualization dashboards improve adherence to sacubitril/valsartan compared to usual care without the dashboard intervention?

Researchers will compare patients receiving pharmacist-led education with interactive dashboards to those receiving standard education, assessing differences in medication adherence and clinical outcomes, among others.

Participants will:

• Complete baseline and follow-up questionnaires on medication adherence and satisfaction with pharmacist-provided services, and others.
• Engage in education sessions led by pharmacists, with or without dashboard integration.

The study outcomes will include medication adherence, and secondary outcomes such as patient satisfaction with pharmacist-provided services, optimized guideline-directed medical therapy score, time to high medication adherence, the calculated proportion of days covered, New York Heart Association functional classification, and the net promoter score used for evaluating recommendation and satisfaction with the dashboard intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• adults aged 20 or older
• a diagnosis of HFrEF, which is defined by a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or less
• currently receiving sacubitril/valsartan at the time of recruitment
• receiving care at the cardiology department or cardiology ward at National Taiwan University Hospital
• referral from the clinicians at National Taiwan University Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable or unwilling to provide informed consent, adhere to study protocols, or complete required questionnaires in person during three scheduled visits (i.e., 3, 6, 12 months after the baseline measurement)
• having received care at the pharmacist-led HF clinic at National Taiwan University Hospital