Status:
UNKNOWN
the Pharmacy Intervention Team Hospital-based (PITH) for People Study: Effect on Clinical and Economic Outcomes
Lead Sponsor:
Clementine CM Stuijt PharmD, MSc
Collaborating Sponsors:
Insurance company Achmea Zorg
Conditions:
Adverse Drug Reaction
Medication Administered in Error
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a hospital pharmacy team (pharmacy technicians and pharmacists) together with (recently admitted) patients are able to diminish the number of drug rel...
Detailed Description
In its 2006 report "Preventing Medication Errors," the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimated that more than 1.5 million adverse drug events (ADEs) occur annually in the United States. On average, ever...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- \> three prescribed systemic drugs intended for chronic use at admission and discharge
- an expected length of stay of 48 hours or longer
- insured with the Dutch insurance company Agis/Achmea
- patients or their carers are able to express themselves in Dutch or English
Exclusion
- scheduled chemotherapy
- radiation therapy
- transplantation
- transfer from another hospital
- transfer from another non-eligible ward within the same hospital
- no informed consent has been signed
- a live expectancy less than 6 months
- deceased during admission
- inability to be counselled (e.g. cognitive dysfunction, language constraints)
- discharge to a nursing home (presuming dependence on medication administration).
- Patients will only be included once.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
1200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01906710
Start Date
January 1 2013
End Date
December 1 2014
Last Update
July 24 2013
Active Locations (4)
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1
Flevoziekenhuis
Almere Stad, Netherlands, 1315 RA
2
Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis
Amsterdam, Netherlands
3
Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 8901BR
4
University Medical Centre
Utrecht, Netherlands