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NCT00281450 Clinical Trial

An Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Prescriptions for Elderly Patients in General Practice

Aged Clinical Trial

Official title:
A Cluster Randomized Educational Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Prescription Patterns for Elderly Patients in General Practice

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data
NCT number NCT00281450
Other study ID # 850652
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 1/Phase 2
First received January 3, 2006
Last updated April 27, 2010
Start date January 2006
Est. completion date March 2007

Study information
Verified date December 2005
Source University of Oslo
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Norway: Norwegian Social Science Data Services
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will explore the possible effect of a tailored educational intervention towards general practitioners, in order to reduce inappropriate prescription patterns for elderly patients > 70 years.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Completed
Enrollment 85836
Est. completion date March 2007
Est. primary completion date March 2007
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- General practitioner

- Specialist in general practice

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Educational intervention
We developed a set of explicit criteria for pharmacological inappropriateness for Norwegian GPs' prescribing to elderly patients. The main purpose of the criteria was to serve as quality indicators during an educational intervention: the Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) Study, aimed at improving GPs' prescribing for elderly patients.

Locations
Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Oslo

Outcome
Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Changes in a set of predefined quality indicators measuring appropriateness of prescriptions for elderly out-patients Prescription data for 1 year were retrospectively retrieved from the Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD) and assessed in relation to 13 prescription quality indicators. 1 year No
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