To examine how medicines use may be improved in elderly patients

ISRCTN	ISRCTN81524227
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN81524227
Protocol serial number	N0569131272
Sponsor	Department of Health
Funder	Salford Primary Care Trust (UK)

Prospectively registered

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Not provided at time of registration

Mr - Care of Salford Primary Care Trust (UK)
Scientific

Salford PCT
Sandringham House
Castle Courts Windsor Street
Salford
Manchester
M5 4DG
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	An investigation into the outcomes of intensive pharmaceutical input into the care of patients in an intermediate care facility.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	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
Primary outcome measure(s)	Numbers of patients readmitted to and time to readmission into secondary care for failure to adequately control existing medical conditions
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	01/06/2005
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)	Lack of funding.

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Senior
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	500
Key inclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/10/2003
Date of final enrolment	01/06/2005

Salford PCT

Manchester
M5 4DG
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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