A collaborative primary care-based approach to managing upper respiratory tract infections as a strategy to reduce antibiotic prescribing
ISRCTN | ISRCTN18154381 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN18154381 |
Secondary identifying numbers | COM/2732/04 |
- Submission date
- 20/06/2006
- Registration date
- 21/09/2006
- Last edited
- 06/02/2014
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Respiratory
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Prof James McElnay
Scientific
Scientific
Queen's University Belfast
Medical Biology Centre
97 Lisburn Road
Belfast
BT9 7BL
United Kingdom
Study information
Study design | Phase 1 is a cluster randomised control trial. Phase 2 is a qualitative approach including focus groups and semi-structured interviews. |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | Other |
Study type | Other |
Scientific title | |
Study objectives | Can a collaborative primary care-based approach betwen community pharmacists and general practitioners decrease antibiotic prescribing for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs). |
Ethics approval(s) | Ethical approval was granted 20th July 2005 by the Office for Research Ethics Committee Northern Ireland No 3. REC (reference number: 05/NIR03/154). |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Upper Respiratory Tract Infections |
Intervention | Intervention community pharmacists will assess patients referred from General Practitioner (GP) practices using the Network Organisation Technology Research Center (CENTOR) algorithm to assist them in making an appropriate treatment choice with a non-prescriptive medicine. Control pharmacists will provide usual care. |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | The rate of antibiotic prescribing for URTIs. |
Secondary outcome measures | 1. Comparison of treatment success rates of URTIs between Intervention and Control groups 2. Patient satisfaction with URTI management 3. Economic analysis of the cost of the new pharmacy service |
Overall study start date | 01/03/2005 |
Completion date | 28/02/2007 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Not Specified |
Sex | Both |
Target number of participants | General Practices: 30; Pharmacies: 90; Patients: 7,500 |
Key inclusion criteria | 1. General practices with between 3,000 to 8,000 and over 8,000 patients and complete computerised prescribing 2. Community pharmacists who dispense 80% of issued prescriptions 3. Patients: a. aged over five years b. who request an appointment or prescription for an URTI c. who use one of the participating pharmacies d. who do not have a history of chronic respiratory or cardiac disease e. who have not previously consulted with a pharmacist about their current symptoms |
Key exclusion criteria | 1. General Practices with less than 2,500 patients and incomplete computerised prescribing 2. Community pharmacists who dispense less than 80% of issued prescriptions 3. Patients: a. aged under 5 years b. who do not use one of the participating pharmacies c. who have a history of chronic respiratory or cardiac disease d. who have previously consulted with a pharmacist about their current symptoms |
Date of first enrolment | 01/03/2005 |
Date of final enrolment | 28/02/2007 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Northern Ireland
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
BT9 7BL
United Kingdom
BT9 7BL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Queen's University Belfast (UK)
University/education
University/education
Lanyon Building
University Road
Belfast
BT9 7BL
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Phone | +44 (0)28 9097 5800 |
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g.mcaleavey@qub.ac.uk | |
https://ror.org/00hswnk62 |
Funders
Funder type
Government
Research and Development Office, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Central Services Agency (ref: COM/2732/04)
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |