Clinical trial NCT03607097: Integral Management of Healthcare Problems Related With Drugs in Polimedicated Patients: Medication Code
Official title: Integral Management of Healthcare Problems Related With Drugs in Polimedicated Patients: Drug Code
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Drug Related Problems
Pharmaceutical Care
Keywords: secondary prevention
pharmaceutical care
drug related problems
emergency department
Lead sponsor: Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-07-31
Enrollment: 808
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: Background:

Although Drug- related Problems (DRPs) in polimedicated patients are a major public health problem in western countries and many of them have been considered avoidable, secondary and primary prevention policies have not been systematized, beyond pharmaceutical care programs in certain settings and on specific patients.

Objectives:

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of implementing the Medication Code (CM) on patients who consult the emergency department for a DRP (secondary prevention of DRP). It is also intended to draw conclusions, based on the knowledge obtained in terms of DRP that will allow the establishment of future actions to reduce its prevalence (primary prevention actions).

Method:

A single-centre clinical trial is proposed in which adult patients will be selected to consult the Hospital Emergency Department (ED) of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (HSCSP) for a primary or secondary diagnosis of DRP and will be randomised with a 1:1 distribution to be included in the medication code (intervention group) or to receive usual care (control group). The intervention will be evaluated in terms of health outcomes (ED consultations and hospital readmission).

Detailed description: A single-centre clinical trial is proposed in which adult patients will be selected to consult the Hospital Emergency Department (ED) of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (HSCSP) for a primary or secondary diagnosis of DRP and will be randomised with a 1:1 distribution to be included in the medication code (intervention group) or to receive usual care (control group). The intervention will be evaluated in terms of health outcomes (ED consultations and hospital readmission).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age \>= 18 years
* Drug Related Problems (DRP) related to drugs from Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) groups A, B and C

Exclusion Criteria:

* DRP due to autolytic attempt or final phase of life.
* Denied informed consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: 30 day readmission
timeFrame: 30 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: 30 day consultation
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: 30 day mortality
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Time on Emergency Department
timeFrame: 72 hours
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Barcelona
country: Spain
facility: Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Study officials:
affiliation: Hospital Sante Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (Spain)
name: Ana M Juanes, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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