Randomized Controlled Trial of Effects of Physician's Medication Reviews on Prescribing in Older Hip Fracture Patients
Improving Treatment With Fracture-preventing and Fall-risk-increasing Drugs in Older Hip Fracture Patients: Effects of Medication Reviews Performed by a Physician - a Randomized Controlled Trial
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate if prescribing of fall-risk increasing and fracture-preventing drugs can be improved in older hip fracture patients by assessments of risks of falls and fractures and medication reviews performed by a physician and forwarded to prescribing physicians.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Apr 2009
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2010
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 1, 2010
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 21, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 25, 2012
CompletedJune 25, 2012
June 1, 2012
1 year
June 21, 2012
June 21, 2012
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Treatment with fall-risk-increasing drugs
Drug treatment is estimated from the Swedish Register of Dispensed Drugs
One year
Treatment with fracture-preventing drugs
Drug treatment is estimated from the Swedish Register of Dispensed Drugs
One year
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Attitudes towards the intervention among physicians
Ten months
Fall-related injuries in need of medical care
One year
Death
One year
Study Arms (2)
Medication review
EXPERIMENTALAssessment of risks of falls and fractures, medication review
Controll
NO INTERVENTIONInterventions
Assessment of risks of falls and fractures; medication review concerning fall-risk-increasing and fracture-preventing drugs; oral and written feed back of the results of the assessments and medication reviews to the hospital physician during the hospital stay and to the general practitioner 3 and 6 months after the hip fracture surgery.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- hip fracture surgery at Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Mölndal
- aged 65 years and over
- residing in the Gothenburg area
You may not qualify if:
- own opposition to participation
- if not able to give informed consent, opposition to participation by next of kin
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Mölndal
Mölndal, Region Västra Götaland, 431 80, Sweden
Related Publications (1)
Sjoberg C, Bladh L, Klintberg L, Mellstrom D, Ohlsson C, Wallerstedt SM. Treatment with fall-risk-increasing and fracture-preventing drugs before and after a hip fracture: an observational study. Drugs Aging. 2010 Aug 1;27(8):653-61. doi: 10.2165/11538200-000000000-00000.
PMID: 20658793BACKGROUND
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Susanna M Wallerstedt, Assprofessor
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Bruna stråket 21, S-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- MD
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 21, 2012
First Posted
June 25, 2012
Study Start
April 1, 2009
Primary Completion
April 1, 2010
Study Completion
September 1, 2010
Last Updated
June 25, 2012
Record last verified: 2012-06