Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Jacqueline Close
ORCID ID
Contact details
Clinical Age Research Unit
Department of Health Care of the Elderly
King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry
London
SE5 9PJ
United Kingdom
jacqueline.close@kcl.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
PROFET
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
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
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Falls in elderly people
Intervention
i. Patients in the intervention group underwent a detailed medical and occupational-therapy assessment with referral to relevant services if indicated.
ii. Those assigned to the control group (n=213) received usual care only
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
01/01/1997
Overall trial end date
31/01/1998
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients aged >65 years who lived in the local community and attended the accident and emergency department with a primary diagnosis of a fall.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Added as of 23/05/2008: 397
Participant exclusion criteria
Cognitive impairment defined as a score of <7 on the abbreviated mental test and with no regular carer.
Recruitment start date
01/01/1997
Recruitment end date
31/01/1998
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Clinical Age Research Unit
London
SE5 9PJ
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 London (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:
1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10023893
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12954679
Publication citations
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Close J, Ellis M, Hooper R, Glucksman E, Jackson S, Swift C, Prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET): a randomised controlled trial., Lancet, 1999, 353, 9147, 93-97, doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06119-4.
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Close JC, Hooper R, Glucksman E, Jackson SH, Swift CG, Predictors of falls in a high risk population: results from the prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET)., Emerg Med J, 2003, 20, 5, 421-425.