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. 2023 Jan 23;2023(1):CD008986. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008986.pub4

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:
  • The time between discharge and first readmission (time frame: 30 days)

  • Rate of changes in the prescription after hospital discharge by the general practitioner (time frame: 30 days)

  • Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) score (time frame: 30 days)

Starting date September 2018
Contact information Principal Investigator: Fabien Visade, MD
Notes Trial ID: NCT03666793