Therapeutic Optimization in Patients in Acute Geriatric Care at University Hospital of Montpellier

NCT04223921 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: RECHMPL19_0581
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 500
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study involves patients who will be discharged from Montpellier University Hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020. The primary objective is to assess the number of difference(s) in patient's medicines between the discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) and one month after this discharge. The secondary objectives are:

• to assess the number of changes of medicines between the patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit);
• to evaluate the number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatment at hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit) and one month after the discharge from hospital;
• to evaluate the number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy one month after the patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit).

Conditions

Geriatrics; Clinical Pharmacy

Keywords

Medication reconciliation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of medicines prescribed

  Number of medicines prescribed by general practitioner different from those prescribed at patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)

  One month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Number of medicines' changes

  At patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)

Other Outcomes (3)

• Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments

  At hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit)

• Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments

  One month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)

• Number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy

  One month after patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)

Study Arms (1)

Patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric

Patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020

Other: Comparison of patient's medicines

Interventions

Comparison of patient's medicines OTHER

Comparison of patient's medicines: * between patient's discharge from hospital and one month after this discharge (acute geriatric care unit) * between patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit

Patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020

You may qualify if:

• patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020 and who will return to their home or to institution for elderly persons
• patients for whom there will be at least one change in their medicines between their admission and their discharge from hospital

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who don't want to participate in this study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Montpellier: lead

Study Sites (1)

UH Montpellier

Montpellier, 34295, France

Location

Study Officials

• DELINGER FAURE, Ph D

  UH MONTPELLIER

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 2, 2020
• First Posted: January 13, 2020
• Study Start: January 20, 2020
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2020
• Study Completion: December 30, 2020
• Last Updated: June 5, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-06

Locations

FR (1)