Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Atle Fretheim
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Health Services Research
Norwegian Directorate of Health and Social Welfare
PO Box 8054 Dep
Oslo
N-0031
Norway
+47 24 16 32 96
Atle.fretheim@shdir.no
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
HF-004
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
RaPP
Study hypothesis
To evaluate the effects of a tailored intervention to support the implementation of systematically developed guidelines for the use of antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
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
Hypertension and hyperlipidaemia
Intervention
Tailor-made intervention (outreach visit, audit & feedback, computerised reminders) versus passive distribution of guidelines
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2001
Overall trial end date
01/01/2002
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Primary care practices in two parts of Norway.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
146 general practices
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2001
Recruitment end date
01/01/2002
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Norway
Trial participating centre
Department of Health Services Research
Oslo
N-0031
Norway
Sponsor information
Organisation
Norwegian Directorate of Health and Social Welfare (Norway)
Sponsor details
Post box 8054 Dep
Oslo
N-0031
Norway
+47 22 24 65 00
post@rusdir.no
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Norwegian Ministry of Health (Norway)
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
1. Protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12657163
2. Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16737346
Publication citations
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Protocol
Fretheim A, Oxman AD, Treweek S, Bjørndal A, Rational Prescribing in Primary Care (RaPP-trial). A randomised trial of a tailored intervention to improve prescribing of antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs in general practice [ISRCTN48751230]., BMC Health Serv Res, 2003, 3, 1, 5.
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Results
Fretheim A, Oxman AD, Håvelsrud K, Treweek S, Kristoffersen DT, Bjørndal A, Rational prescribing in primary care (RaPP): a cluster randomized trial of a tailored intervention., PLoS Med., 2006, 3, 6, e134, doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030134.