NCT00560001.

Methods	RCT
Participants	Inclusion: coming up for regular review in case or medication management; requiring medication management services; having 2 or more doses of medication per day; having someone to fill MD.2; in independent living (may be assisted living with NO medication management services); expected to live through follow‐up period of 6 months; having an active phone line that can be utilised by the MD.2 system Exclusion: having someone available to administer medications for every dose; having someone in household who is likely to interfere with MD.2; blind and deaf; eligible for hospice; having an MD.2 currently
Interventions	Intervention: MD.2 medication dispenser machine that provides verbal and auditory explicit reminders for individuals to take their medication Control: usual care (i.e. no MD.2 machine)
Outcomes	Medication adherence (unclear if just for intervention group), hospitalisations, emergency department visits
Notes	NCT00560001 Start date: January 2006. Estimated completion: May 2008 No published protocol or results Investigator Karen Farris contacted (email: karen-farris@uiowa.edu) – no response Note: unable to confirm eligibility as mean/median number of medications unclear