Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0569131272
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
An investigation into the outcomes of intensive pharmaceutical input into the care of patients in an intermediate care facility.
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
Not Applicable: Service delivery
Intervention
Randomised sample of intermediate care patients receive either standard or intensive pharmaceutical input to their care.
Added June 2008: trial stopped due to lack of funding.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Numbers of patients readmitted to and time to readmission into secondary care for failure to adequately control existing medical conditions
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/10/2003
Overall trial end date
01/06/2005
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Lack of funding.
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
500 patients approximately
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/10/2003
Recruitment end date
01/06/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Salford PCT
Manchester
M5 4DG
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Salford Primary Care Trust (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