Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr A Zermansky
ORCID ID
Contact details
Division of Academic Pharmacy Practice
School of Healthcare Studies
Baines Wing
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9LN
United Kingdom
+44 (0)113 233 1256
a.g.zermansky@leeds.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0436118166
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
1. Improve quality of therapeutics care for elderly residents of homes
2. Reduce risk of adverse drug reactions and interactions
3. Improve economy of prescribing
4. Mental and physical well-being as measured by mini-mental state and Barthel scores respectively
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
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Medication review of elderly patients
Intervention
Random allocation to:
1. Standard treatment
2. Medication review
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Compare the number of changes made to repeat medication schedules between baseline and end data collection
2. The cost of repeat medications and the number per patient will be compared in this order of priority
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2002
Overall trial end date
01/01/2004
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients aged 65 or over and on at least one repeat medication at the time of identification and in a nursing or residential home.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2002
Recruitment end date
01/01/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Division of Academic Pharmacy Practice
Leeds
LS2 9LN
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16905764
Publication citations
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Results
Zermansky AG, Alldred DP, Petty DR, Raynor DK, Freemantle N, Eastaugh J, Bowie P, Clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly people living in care homes--randomised controlled trial., Age Ageing, 2006, 35, 6, 586-591, doi: 10.1093/ageing/afl075.