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

Geriatrics Clinical Trial

Official title:

Therapeutic Optimization in Patients in Acute Geriatric Care at University Hospital of Montpellier: Follow-up One Month After Discharge From Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04223921
• Other study ID #: RECHMPL19_0581
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: January 20, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: June 2020
• Source: University Hospital, Montpellier
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Clinical Pharmacy
• Geriatrics

Intervention

Other:
• Comparison of patient's medicines
Comparison of patient's medicines: between patient's discharge from hospital and one month after this discharge (acute geriatric care unit) between patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	UH Montpellier	Montpellier

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Montpellier

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments	Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments at hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit)	At hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit)
Other	Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments	Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments one month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)	One month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)
Other	Number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy	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)	One month after patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)
Primary	Number of medicines prescribed	Number of medicines prescribed by general practitioner different from those prescribed at patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)	One month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)
Secondary	Number of medicines' changes	Number of changes of medicines between the patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)	At patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)