NCT01855165

Brief Summary

Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) are common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and their incidence increases with the number of drugs that the patients are prescribed for treatment of their condition. Data bases often detect DDIs that are of high clinical relevance. The investigators have performed this study in order to detect clinically significant DDIs and to diminish their occurrence by sending notification about DDIs to attending physician.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
60

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Apr 2013

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

April 1, 2013

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

May 6, 2013

Completed
10 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

May 16, 2013

Completed
7 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2013

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2013

Completed
Last Updated

May 16, 2013

Status Verified

May 1, 2013

Enrollment Period

8 months

First QC Date

May 6, 2013

Last Update Submit

May 15, 2013

Conditions

Keywords

chronic heart failuredrug-drug interactionspharmacist's intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • To assess the difference in frequency and severity of clinically significant DDIs in control arm and interventional arm between admission and discharge

    We will measure the difference in clinically significant DDIs between admission and discharge. The doctors in control group will not receive the advice about DDIs between drugs prescribed to patient, while the doctors in interventional group will. With this will will assess the impact of the advice in the occurence of DDIs between admission and discharge for both groups.

    90 days

Study Arms (2)

Advice on DDIs

EXPERIMENTAL

Attending physician will be randomly assigned to intervention arm care as usual; in the intervention arm, he/she will receive advice about DDIs between medications prescribed to patients on top of general heart failure advice.

Behavioral: Advice on DDIs

General advice

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Advice on DDIsBEHAVIORAL
Advice on DDIs

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Patients admitted with diagnosis of CHF I50.0 - I50.9 and I11.0 - I11.9 (ICD-10)
  • patients treated with at least two drugs

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients admitted to other conditions

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

University Clinic Golnik

Golnik, 4204, Slovenia

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

  • Roblek T, Deticek A, Leskovar B, Suskovic S, Horvat M, Belic A, Mrhar A, Lainscak M. Clinical-pharmacist intervention reduces clinically relevant drug-drug interactions in patients with heart failure: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 15;203:647-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.206. Epub 2015 Oct 28.

Study Officials

  • Mitja Lainscak, PhD

    University Clinic Golnik

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
TRIPLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

May 6, 2013

First Posted

May 16, 2013

Study Start

April 1, 2013

Primary Completion

December 1, 2013

Study Completion

December 1, 2013

Last Updated

May 16, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-05

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