Status:
COMPLETED
Benefit of a Collaborative Approach to Improve the Quality of Medicines Use in Elderly Inpatients
Lead Sponsor:
Université Catholique de Louvain
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique
Conditions:
Frail Elderly Inpatient
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a collaborative approach (geriatric care involving the collaboration with a clinical pharmacist) to optimize the prescription of medicines for el...
Detailed Description
Widespread evidence reveals frequent inadequate use of medicines in elderly patients. This includes inappropriate prescribing (overuse, underuse, misuse) that can lead to adverse drug events and drug-...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient admitted on the acute geriatric unit of the university teaching hospital Mont-Godinne, Belgium
Exclusion
- a terminal illness and life expectancy of less than 3 month
- expected length of stay of 2 days or less
- transfer from another unit where the patient had already been cared for by a GEM team
- refusal to participate
- inclusion during previous admission
- no time for the clinical pharmacist to compound the abstracted chart within 3 days of admission
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
June 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00279656
Start Date
November 1 2003
End Date
June 1 2005
Last Update
January 19 2006
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Université catholique de Louvain
Brussels, Belgium, 1200