Boosting General Practice pRescription by Individual Educational Fast Academic Detailing Visits About Asthma
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 360
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Difference in change of prescription of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta2-agonist (ICS+LABA) before and after educational visit in a six months period
Study Overview
Brief Summary
General practices in the Capital Region of Denmark are offered a short educational visit and are randomized to either asthma (intervention) or another topic (control).
The change in prescription pattern from before to after the visit is compared between the intervention and control group.
Detailed Description
General practices in the Capital Region of Denmark are offered a short educational visit. They are randomized by address to be offered a visit about either asthma (intervention) or another topic (control).
The prescription pattern of each general practice (as seen by their regional registration number [ydernummer]) who receive a visit is investigated.
The change in prescription pattern from before to after the visit is compared between the intervention and control group.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •General practices in the capital region of denmark, who owns a regional registration number [ydernummer]
- •Want a visit
- •Have time for a visit within the study period
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Other education
The general practices in this arm will receive an educational visit on another topic (PPI).
Intervention: Other education (Behavioral)
asthma education
The general practices in this arm will receive the education visits about asthma.
Intervention: asthma education (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Difference in change of prescription of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta2-agonist (ICS+LABA) before and after educational visit in a six months period
Time Frame: 6-0 months before and 6-12 months after educational visit
Difference in change of number of adult patients with prescriptions on ICS+LABA between asthma-group and placebo-group.
Difference in change of prescription of ICS and SABA (as monotherapy) before and after educational visit in a six months period
Time Frame: 6-0 months before and 6-12 months after educational visit
Difference in change of number of adult patients with prescriptions on ICS and SABA as monotherapy to adults between asthma-group and placebo-group.
Secondary Outcomes
- Difference in change of prescription of ICS+LABA before and after educational visit in one year(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of LAMA before and after educational visit in one year(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of ICS+LABA before and after educational visit in one year as interrupted time series analysis(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of the Easyhaler Device before and after educational visit in a six months period(6-0 months before and 6-12 months after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of ICS and SABA (as monotherapy) before and after educational visit one year as interrupted time series analysis(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of the Easyhaler Device before and after educational visit in one year(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) before and after educational visit in a six months period(6-0 months before and 6-12 months after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of LAMA before and after educational visit as interrupted time series analysis(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of ICS and SABA (as monotherapy) before and after educational visit one year(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of the Easyhaler Device before and after educational visit for each month(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of ICS+LABA before and after educational visit in one year for each month(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of ICS and SABA (as monotherapy) before and after educational visit one year for each month(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of the Easyhaler Device before and after educational visit as interrupted time series analysis(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of prescription of LAMA before and after educational visit for each month(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of cost of each medication group before and after educational visit in a six months period(6-0 months before and 6-12 months after educational visit)
- Difference in change of cost of each medication group before and after educational visit for each month(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of cost of each medication group before and after educational visit in one year(one year before and one year after educational visit)
- Difference in change of cost of each medication group before and after educational visit as interrupted time series analysis(one year before and one year after educational visit)
Investigators
Jón Þór Trærup Andersen
MD
University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg