Status:
COMPLETED
Supporting Prescribing in Irish Primary Care: General Practice Pharmacist Study
Lead Sponsor:
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Collaborating Sponsors:
Health Service Executive, Ireland
University of Dublin, Trinity College
Conditions:
Polypharmacy
Multimorbidity
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-100 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this pilot study is to develop and test an intervention (defined as the General Practice Pharmacist \[GPP\] intervention) involving pharmacists working with General Practitioners (GPs) to o...
Detailed Description
Improving the quality and safety of prescribing for people with multiple chronic conditions and multiple medicines is a challenge for General Practitioners (GPs) and consequently, there has been an in...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for primary care practices:
- ≥1000 older patients (aged ≥65 years) on their patient panel.
- Inclusion criteria for patients:
- Aged ≥65 years
- Taking ≥10 repeat medications
- Able to attend their primary care practice and participate in data collection.
- Exclusion Criteria for patients:
- Psychiatric or psychological morbidity or cognitive impairment sufficient to impair the provision of informed consent
- Life-limiting illness likely to lead to death or major disability during the study follow-up period
- Patients who have already had a medication review/interacted with the pharmacist during the study period
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 14 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 10 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04326062
Start Date
June 14 2017
End Date
March 10 2020
Last Update
March 30 2020
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