A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a pharmacist's telephone reminders in reducing mortality in patients receiving polypharmacy
ISRCTN | ISRCTN48076318 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN48076318 |
Secondary identifying numbers | HSRC/HCPF226103 |
- Submission date
- 05/10/2004
- Registration date
- 15/02/2005
- Last edited
- 18/02/2008
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Other
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Prof Juliana CN Chan
Scientific
Scientific
Dept of Medicine and Therapeutics
Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin
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Hong Kong
Phone | +852 (0)2632 3138 |
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jchan@cuhk.edu.hk |
Study information
Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | Not specified |
Study type | Treatment |
Scientific title | |
Study objectives | To investigate the effects of compliance and periodic telephone counselling by a pharmacist on mortality in patients receiving polypharmacy. |
Ethics approval(s) | Added as of 22/10/2007: Ethics approval received from the Chinese University of Hong Kong clinical research ethics committee. |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Compliance to polypharmacy |
Intervention | Patients randomised to the intervention group received a 10 - 15 minute telephone call from the pharmacist for education and counselling between clinic visits for 2 years. Patients in the control group did not receive any telephone reminders. |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | Time from randomisation to death from any cause. |
Secondary outcome measures | 1. Changes in the rate of admission to hospital 2. Number of emergency room visits 3. Hospital stay in the two years before and after the screening visit 4. Changes in compliance |
Overall study start date | 01/10/1998 |
Completion date | 01/06/1999 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Adult |
Sex | Both |
Target number of participants | Added as of 22/10/2007: 502 recruited |
Key inclusion criteria | Patients receiving polypharmacy defined as five or more chronic medications who were found to be non-compliant upon first assessment by pharmacist |
Key exclusion criteria | 1. Speak non-Cantonese dialects or a different language 2. Conditions that prevented effective communication (for example, patients who are deaf, mute, or have dementia or other psychological disorders) 3. Live in nursing homes with supervised treatment |
Date of first enrolment | 01/10/1998 |
Date of final enrolment | 01/06/1999 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Hong Kong
Study participating centre
Dept of Medicine and Therapeutics
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
Sponsor information
Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (Hong Kong)
Government
Government
Health Welfare and Food Bureau
Government Secretariat, HKSAR
20th floor Murray Building
Garden Road
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Hong Kong
Phone | +852 (0)2973 8288 |
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hsrf@hwfb.gov.hk | |
Website | http://www.fhb.gov.hk/index.html |
https://ror.org/03qh32912 |
Funders
Funder type
Government
Hong Kong SAR Government Health Services Research Committee (Hong Kong)
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 |
Study outputs
Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
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Results article | Results | 09/09/2006 | Yes | No |