Pharmacy Homeless Outreach Engagement Non-medical Independent prescribing Rx (PHOENIx) after drug overdose for people experiencing homelessness
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Homelessness, drug overdoseNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10585019
- Lead Sponsor
- HS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- Brief Summary
2023 Interim results article in https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00771-4 (added 05/04/2023)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 128
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adult
2. Homeless
3. Drug overdose in the past 6 months
Exclusion Criteria
Current exclusion criteria as of 13/02/2024:
1. Unable to give written informed consent
2. Living in a residential or community-based rehabilitation facility which has direct access to in-house medical and nursing care
Previous exclusion criteria:
Critically unwell/under the influence and unable to comprehend the request
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Current primary outcome measures as of 13/02/2024:<br>Achievement of criteria for progression to RCT:<br>1. Recruitment rate recorded as 100 participants consenting to participate by 4 months<br>2. Data collection: at least 80% of participants with data collected (baseline, 6 and 9 months follow up)<br>3. Intervention adherence: at least 60% of participants in the PHOENIx group receiving the intervention<br>4. Retention: at least 60% of participants remaining in the study (receiving in-person or telephone follow-up assessment at 6 and 9 months post-randomisation)<br>5. Improvement in the rate of presentation to Emergency Departments and overdoses collected by researchers from health and social care records at 6 or 9 months follow up<br><br>Previous primary outcome measures:<br>Achievement of criteria for progression to RCT: recruitment rate recorded as 100 participants consenting to participate by 4 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method