A randomised, controlled trial of clinical outreach education to rationalise antibiotic prescribing for dental conditions in the primary care setting.

ISRCTN	ISRCTN51223556
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN51223556
Protocol serial number	RDO/90/17
Sponsor	Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Funder	NHS National Programme for Primary Dental Care (UK)

Submission date: 23/01/2004
Registration date: 23/01/2004
Last edited: 02/06/2010

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Oral Health

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr David Thomas
Scientific

Dept of Oral Surgery Medicine
University of Wales College of Medicine
Dental School
Heath Park
Cardiff
CF4 4XY
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1222 742442
Email	ThomasDW2@cardiff.ac.uk

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	Rationalisation of antibiotic prescription for acute dental conditions in the primary care setting.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Oral health/stomatognathic diseases
Intervention	1. Development and piloting of the educational package 2. Training of academic detailer 3. Recruitment of the study population of general dental practitioners and general medical practitioners randomised into a test and a control group 4. Data collection and statistical analysis by questionnaires to collect patient and prescribing data at baseline for six months 5. Test group will receive patient and professionals-mediated educational materials and academic detailing visitation on prescribing antibiotics for dental conditions. The control group will continue with data collection as described in (4) above and will receive no additional intervention. Data collection will be maintained for both groups for at least 3 months.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	1. Changes in the prescribing habits of general medical and general dental practitioners resulting in: 1.1 A reduction in the overall prescription of antibiotics. 1.2 A reduction in the unnecessary prescription of broad-spectrum antibiotics which contribute to the increase in microbial resistance evident in the community. 1.3 Cost savings. 1.4 An indirect reduction of morbidity and mortality associated with anti-microbial resistant organisms. 2. A rationale for antibiotic prescribing
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	31/03/2002

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Key inclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/11/1998
Date of final enrolment	31/03/2002

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
Wales

Study participating centre

Dept of Oral Surgery Medicine

Cardiff
CF4 4XY
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

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

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	26/08/2006		Yes	No