Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Gurvinder Banait
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Gastroenterology
Royal Infirmary
Blackburn
BB2 3LR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1254 294201
gbanait@onetel.net.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RHC18081
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To test the effectiveness of 'education outreach' as a method of facilitating the uptake of management guidelines in primary care.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Diagnostic
Patient information sheet
Condition
Peptic ulcer disease
Intervention
Educational outreach versus no education.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
The following outcomes will be measured retrospectively for the 6 months preceding and following the intervention in all practices:
1. GP prescriptions for antacids and ulcer healing drugs
2. Proportion of appropriate referrals for open access endoscopy (OAE)
3. Proportion of clinically significant findings at OAE
Secondary outcome measures
No secondary outcome measures
Overall trial start date
01/01/1998
Overall trial end date
01/07/1999
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
GP practices within Salford and Trafford Health Authority
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
114 general practices
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not meet with inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/01/1998
Recruitment end date
01/07/1999
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Gastroenterology
Blackburn
BB2 3LR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive North West (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2003 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12817353
Publication citations
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Results
Banait G, Sibbald B, Thompson D, Summerton C, Hann M, Talbot S, , Modifying dyspepsia management in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial of educational outreach compared with passive guideline dissemination., Br J Gen Pract, 2003, 53, 487, 94-100.