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Benefit of a Collaborative Approach to Improve the Quality of Medicines Use in Elderly Inpatients

NCT00279656 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2006-01-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a collaborative approach (geriatric care involving the collaboration with a clinical pharmacist) to optimize the prescription of medicines for elderly inpatients.

Conditions

  • Frail Elderly Inpatient

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Pharmaceutical care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique

    collaborator OTHER

  • Université Catholique de Louvain

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anne Spinewine, MSc · Université Catholique de Louvain

  • Christian Swine, MD · Université Catholique de Louvain

  • Paul M Tulkens, PhD · Université Catholique de Louvain

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
ECT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-11-30
Completion
2005-06-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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