Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of home-based medication and lifestyle review by community pharmacists for patients with heart failure
ISRCTN | ISRCTN59427925 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN59427925 |
Secondary identifying numbers | PG/02/171 |
- Submission date
- 07/09/2005
- Registration date
- 13/09/2005
- Last edited
- 26/04/2007
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Circulatory System
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr Richard Holland
Scientific
Scientific
School of Medicine
Health Policy & Practice
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
Phone | +44 (0)1603 593574 |
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r.holland@uea.ac.uk |
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 | Not Specified |
Scientific title | |
Study acronym | HeartMed |
Study objectives | That home-based medication and lifestyle review by community pharmacists can reduce hospital re-admissions in heart failure patients and improve quality of life. |
Ethics approval(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Heart Failure |
Intervention | Home-based medication review and lifestyle advice by community pharmacists |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | Total number of emergency hospital readmissions at six months |
Secondary outcome measures | 1. Total deaths at six months 2. Total heart failure hospital readmissions at six months 3. Self-assessed quality of life at six months using the EQ-5D and Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire Also: 1. Admissions to residential or nursing homes at six months 2. Self-assessed compliance at six months using the Medication Adherence Report scale 3. Self-assessed behaviour change at six months using the European heart failure self-care behaviour scale |
Overall study start date | 01/10/2003 |
Completion date | 30/04/2006 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Not Specified |
Sex | Not Specified |
Target number of participants | 306 |
Key inclusion criteria | 1. Adult (over 18 years) 2. Discharged to home or warden controlled accommodation after an emergency admission in the last month with a primary clinical diagnosis of heart failure 3. Prescribed two or more drugs (oral or inhaled) taken on at least a daily basis 4. Norfolk or Suffolk resident |
Key exclusion criteria | 1. Patients living in residential, nursing homes or long-stay hospitals 2. All patients whose treatment includes planned surgery for ischaemic or valvular heart disease or awaiting heart transplantation 3. All patients with concomitant terminal malignancy. |
Date of first enrolment | 01/10/2003 |
Date of final enrolment | 30/04/2006 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
School of Medicine
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
University of East Anglia (UK)
University/education
University/education
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
England
United Kingdom
Phone | +44 (0)1603 591486 |
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l.briggs@uea.ac.uk | |
Website | http://www.uea.ac.uk/business |
https://ror.org/026k5mg93 |
Funders
Funder type
Charity
British Heart Foundation (UK)
Private sector organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
Private sector organisation / Trusts, charities, foundations (both public and private)
- Alternative name(s)
- the_bhf, The British Heart Foundation, BHF
- Location
- United Kingdom
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 | 26/05/2007 | Yes | No |