Status:

COMPLETED

Routine Antibiotic Prescription Monitoring in Primary Care Physicians: A Nationwide Trial

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Bern

University Children's Hospital Basel

Conditions:

Acute Respiratory Tract Infection

Urinary Tract Infections

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Antibiotic resistance is an increasingly serious problem in Switzerland which is associated with the exposure and overall uptake of antibiotics in a population. Reduced antibiotic prescribing for outp...

Detailed Description

This is a randomized pragmatic controlled trial in all primary care physicians in Switzerland e.g. the top 75% antibiotic prescribers. The trial is based on routinely collected individual reimbursemen...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Primary care physicians in Switzerland board certified with FMH (Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum) title in general internal medicine or paediatrics \& adolescent medicine, above the 25th percentile of antibiotic prescribing, consulting with at least 100 patients per year and with individual Zahlstellenregister number.

Exclusion

  • There are no exclusion criteria

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 2 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

3426 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03379194

Start Date

January 2 2018

End Date

December 31 2019

Last Update

November 18 2022

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University Hospital Basel

Basel, Switzerland, CH-4031