Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Ajar Thapar
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of General Practice (CeReS Office)
University of Wales College of Medicine
Heath Park
Cardiff
CF4 4XN
United Kingdom
+44 (0)29 2074 6632
thaparak@cf.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Imp 15-12 Thapar
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To evaluate the effectiveness and usefulness of an epilepsy prompt and record card for the management of people with epilepsy in primary care. In addition the effectiveness of a patient held card will be compared to that of a card kept in the medical records. Evaluation was via a practice based randomised controlled trial over a period of 24 months. The card includes reminders to record key information about the clinical condition as well as prompts to carry out key tasks that have been identified as important in the research literature.
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
Other
Patient information sheet
Condition
Epilepsy
Intervention
1. Doctor held card (card inserted into the patients records)
2. Patient held card
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Relate to usage of the card, recording information, the completion of key clinical tasks, seizure severity as well as measures of patient and doctor satisfaction.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/04/1997
Overall trial end date
01/08/1999
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients with active epilepsy (either a seizure in the last 2 years or on anti epilepsy medication with a history of epilepsy)
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
1275 patients, 82 practices (added 20/11/09)
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/04/1997
Recruitment end date
01/08/1999
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of General Practice (CeReS Office)
Cardiff
CF4 4XN
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Evaluation of Methods to Promote the Implementation of Research Findings (National Programme) (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
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2002 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11885833
Publication citations
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Results
Thapar A, Jacoby A, Richens A, Russell I, Roberts C, Porter E, Wall S, Roland M, A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a prompt and reminder card in the care of people with epilepsy., Br J Gen Pract, 2002, 52, 475, 93-98.