NCT03666793 2018.
Study name | Comprehensive management of drug prescriptions throughout the elderly person's hospital care (OPTISORT) |
Methods | Randomised controlled trial |
Participants |
Inclusion criteria: patients hospitalised in the department of short geriatric stay Exclusion criteria: patients already included in the study and readmitted in the same service |
Interventions |
Intervention group: received a medication reconciliation at hospital admission and discharge, a medication review during hospitalisation, and transmission of therapeutic modifications to the general practitioner and community pharmacist at discharge Control group: received the geriatric unit’s usual management |
Outcomes |
Primary outcome: Rate of readmission at 30 days (only direct re‐admissions to emergency and geriatric short‐stay services in participating centres will be counted) Secondary outcomes:
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Starting date | September 2018 |
Contact information | Principal Investigator: Fabien Visade, MD |
Notes | Trial ID: NCT03666793 |