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Evaluation of Therapeutic Initiative's Cystitis Portrait and Therapeutics Letter

NCT05817253 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5073

Last updated 2023-04-18

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Summary

The goal of this randomized trial is to test the impact of mailing personalized prescribing Portraits (an audit and feedback tool) and Therapeutics Letters (a reference document) to physicians on first-line prescribing to patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) .

The main question this study aims to answer is:

• To what extent can personal prescribing feedback Portraits and Therapeutics Letters have an effect on how physicians prescribe antibiotics for uncomplicated UTI?

Approximately 5,000 British Columbian Family Practitioners (FP's) have been randomly divided into three groups, and each group received the Portrait at different times. To help ascertain the possible impact of Portraits, pooled data on first-line prescribing for uncomplicated UTI by FP's who received the Portrait at an early time point (September 23, 2021) will be compared to that of those who received a Portrait at a delayed time point (March 28, 2022). Researchers will compare prescribing data from these groups to see if the prescribing Portraits have had a differential impact on prescribing of antibiotics for uncomplicated UTI.

Conditions

  • Clinical Audit
  • Quality Improvement

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Portrait

In the context of audit and feedback interventions, Portrait is document produced by the physician organization 'Therapeutics Initiative' that provides personalized prescribing feedback for BC family physicians (FPs). Portraits are used as a practice resource tool for reflection on prescribing patterns. Each Portrait topic provides data of individual physician's prescribing practice, alongside the mean and median levels of their peers (other BC physicians), a succinct review of the best-available evidence on the topic, and recommendations for future action.

BEHAVIORAL

Therapeutics Letter

The Therapeutics Letter is a standalone publication that details identified problematic therapeutic issues in a brief, simple and practical manner. Therapeutics letters include a systematic literature review on a clinical topic, and help provide reference for the data presented in the Portraits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health, British Columbia

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Colin Dormuth, PhD · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-23
Primary Completion
2022-09-28
Completion
2022-09-28

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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