Electronically delivered, multi-component intervention to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in primary care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Infections and Infestations; Antibiotic prescribing/respiratory tract infections

• Registration Number: ISRCTN95232781
• Lead Sponsor: ational Institute for Health Research (UK)

Brief Summary

1. 2016 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27491663 2. 2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30900550

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-11-18
• Study Completion: 2018-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 8 April 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

General practices will be included in the trial if:
1. They presently contribute up-to-standard data to CPRD
2. Consent to participation in the trial
3. Are located in areas that have given research governance approval for the study

Data for non-trial CPRD practices will be eligible for observational data analysis to gauge the representativeness of practices and patients participating in the trial.
Data for individual participants will be included if they are currently registered with CPRD general practices

Exclusion Criteria

No other exclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umber of antibiotic prescriptions for RTI per 1,000 registered patient years at 12 months follow-up