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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN21863140
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Developing and evaluating the effectiveness of educational prompts in improving diabetes care
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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2005DIAB002
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Study hypothesis
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In general practices receiving glycaemic educational messages attached to laboratory test reports, compared to those practices not, the number of HbA1c test requests will be higher and the mean HbA1c value will be lower. Similarly for cholesterol messages the number of cholesterol tests will be higher and the mean cholesterol value will be lower.
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Diabetes mellitus
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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General practices in Newcastle upon Tyne
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Does not meet inclusion criteria
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Anticipated start date
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01/07/2005
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Anticipated end date
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31/07/2006
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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39 practices
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Interventions
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Short educational messages added to paper and electronic general practice laboratory test reports of Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).
Practices, stratified by list size, will be randomly allocated to each intervention (glycaemic control educational messages and cholesterol control educational messages) independently. In the first randomisation, practices will be allocated to receive the glycaemic educational messages or control (no glycaemic educational messages). In the second randomisation, practices will be allocated to receive the cholesterol educational messages or control (no cholesterol educational messages). This will result in four groups:
1. Practices receiving glycaemic and cholesterol educational messages
2. Practices receiving only glycaemic educational messages
3. Practices receiving only cholesterol educational messages
4. Practices receiving no educational messages
This will allow comparisons of the separate and combined effects of the two educational message interventions.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Number of HbA1c and cholesterol tests requested (standardised for practice size) and the general practice mean levels of HbA1c and cholesterol.
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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No secondary outcome measures
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Sources of funding
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Newcastle Primary Care NHS Trust (UK) (ref: 2005DIAB002) - The funding comes from service development rather than NHS R&D monies.
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Trial website
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Publications
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2007 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17650309
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Contact name
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Dr
Robbie
Foy
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Address
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Centre for Health Services Research
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
21 Claremont Place
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City/town
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Zip/Postcode
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NE2 4AA
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)191 222 7214
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Fax
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+44 (0)191 222 6043
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Email
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Sponsor
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Newcastle Primary Care NHS Trust (UK)
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Address
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Research and Development Department
Benfield Road
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City/town
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Zip/Postcode
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NE6 4PF
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)191 219 6132
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Fax
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+44 (0)191 219 6066
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Email
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alison.emslie@newcastle-pct.nhs.uk
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Date applied
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05/07/2005
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Last edited
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16/09/2009
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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25/07/2005
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