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

• Conditions: Clinical Pharmacy; Geriatrics
• Interventions: Other: Comparison of patient's medicines

• Registration Number: NCT04223921
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier

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).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-01-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-01-07
• Study First Posted: 2020-01-13
• Study Start: 2020-01-20
• Primary Completion: 2020-03-01
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-05
• Study Completion: 2020-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

• 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

Exclusion Criteria

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric	Comparison of patient's medicines	Patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of medicines prescribed	One month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)	Number of medicines prescribed by general practitioner different from those prescribed at patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of medicines' changes	At patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)	Number of changes of medicines between the patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UH Montpellier; 🇫🇷 Montpellier, France