New study tests pharmacist coaching to boost RA drug adherence
NCT ID NCT05413759
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether extra support from a pharmacist—starting in the hospital and continuing after discharge—can help people with rheumatoid arthritis take their disease-modifying medications more consistently. Two hundred participants will either receive this pharmaceutical care or usual follow-up. The main goal is to see if the intervention improves medication adherence after 12 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pharmaceutical care (medication reconciliation and motivational interviews)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help more rheumatoid arthritis patients take their medications as prescribed, potentially improving disease control and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage study focused on adherence, not a new treatment. The intervention may not significantly change behavior or health outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient with diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA), * Patient, male or female, aged 18 or over, * Patient hospitalized or coming for a consultation in a rheumatology department, and returned home at hospital discharge * Patient having DMARDs for RA (continuation or initiation) comprising at least methotrexate and/or a tsDMARD (targeted synthetic DMARD, JAK inhibitor) and/or subcutaneous bDMARD (biologic DMARD), * Autonomous patient in the management of his drug treatment, * Patient understanding and speaking French, * Patient affiliated to the French general national health insurance or similar, * Patient having given his free, informed and signed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient whose usual pharmacy already has or has had a patient included in the INTERVENTION group in the study, * Patient whose regular pharmacy is currently treating another patient. * Patient with obvious significant cognitive or psychiatric disorders incompatible with the study (according to the judgment of the investigator), * Patient whose management of his drug treatment at home is carried out exclusively by a carer, * Patient participating in another research that may interfere (investigator's judgement) with the results of the present study, * Adult patient protected under the terms of the law (Public Health Code), * Patient not fit to carry out the follow-up, according to the judgment of the investigator, * Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service de rhumatologie et pathologie osseuse - Hôpital Edouard Herriot
RECRUITINGLyon, 69003, France
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Service de rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Groupement Hospitalier Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPierre-Bénite, Lyon, 69495, France
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