Status:
COMPLETED
Adverse Drug Event Prevention Using Structured Pharmacist Review
Lead Sponsor:
University College Cork
Conditions:
Adverse Drug Reactions
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
The next four decades will see a marked expansion of the elderly population in Ireland, in particular people aged over 80 yrs. Persons aged over 80 are the highest consumers of prescription medicines ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients aged 65 years and over presenting to CUH Accident and Emergency Departments with acute illness for admission under a medical team will be eligible for the study.
Exclusion
- Age less than 65 years.
- Patient to be admitted under the care of a Geriatrician Psychiatrist of Old Age or Clinical Pharmacologist, or having been admitted under these services or attended their outpatient clinics in the previous 12 months. (These doctor groups are likely to minimise inappropriate medications in this population).
- Terminally ill patient attended by palliative care team.
- Critically ill patient e.g. admitted to Intensive Care Unit.
- Patients who do not wish to participate in the study.
- Patients whose hospital physician does not wish to participate in the study ver, its efficacy in terms of ADE prevention is not yet demonstrated.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
720 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01467128
Start Date
June 1 2011
End Date
June 1 2012
Last Update
June 6 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Cork University Hospital
Cork, Munster, Ireland