Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mr Richard Lowrie
ORCID ID
Contact details
Primary Care Research and Development Directorate
Gartnavel Royal Hospital
1055 Great Western Road
Glasgow
Scotland
G12 OXH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)141 211 3690
Richard.lowrie@gartnavel.glacomen.scot.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
03PH02
Study information
Scientific title
A cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of statin facilitation in primary care
Acronym
Study hypothesis
An intervention involving pharmacists providing a new form of outreach visit to general practitioners and practice nurses is effective and cost effective.
Ethics approval
December 2002, Greater Glasgow Primary Care Local Research Ethics Committee
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
Vascular disease
Intervention
Three educational outreach visits delivered by pharmacists to general practitioners and practice nurses in study practices, with the aim of improving the prescribing of statins for patients with vascular diseases.
Control group receive normal care: annual dissemination of Health Board guideline in paper format. They did not receive pharmacist led prescribing support during the trial.
Intervention type
Drug
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Simvastatin
Primary outcome measure
The proportion of patients with cholesterol in target range
Secondary outcome measures
The proportion of patients prescribed an evidence based dose of statin
Overall trial start date
20/05/2003
Overall trial end date
01/07/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Target: 30 general practices in National Health Service (NHS) Glasgow with patients with vascular diseases (where a statin is indicated).
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
30 General Practices
Participant exclusion criteria
N/A
Recruitment start date
20/05/2003
Recruitment end date
01/07/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Primary Care Research and Development Directorate
Scotland
G12 OXH
United Kingdom
Funders
Funder type
Hospital/treatment centre
Funder name
Greater Glasgow NHS Primary Care Division
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
2010 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20348032
2014 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405478
Publication citations
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Protocol
Lowrie R, Morrison J, McConnachie A, A cluster randomised controlled trial of pharmacist led statin outreach support (SOS) in primary care: design and baseline characteristics., Contemp Clin Trials, 2010, 31, 4, 303-311, doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2010.03.010.