Trial name or title |
Supporting Treatment Adherence Regimens in pediatric epilepsy: the STAR Trial |
Methods |
A parallel‐groups, single‐blind (Investigator), randomised trial |
Participants |
200 children age 2 years to 12 years of both gender and their families |
Interventions |
A family‐tailored adherence intervention (STAR: Supporting Treatment Adherence Regimens) focuses on increasing epilepsy knowledge and problem‐solving skills around barriers to adherence for children with epilepsy and their families will be compared with education only |
Outcomes |
Primary outcome measures: adherence rate (short‐term). Secondary outcome measures: adherence rate (long‐term), health‐related quality of life, seizure absence/presence |
Starting date |
April 2013 |
Contact information |
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA |
Notes |
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