Pharmacist Discharge Medication Reconciliation Study

April 18, 2011 updated by: Alberta Health services

The Impact of Pharmacist Discharge Medication Reconciliation on Unintentional Medication Discrepancies From Inpatient Discharges at the Alberta Cancer Board Cross Cancer Institute

Adverse drug events can occur commonly due to medication errors during the transition of care in a health care facility. Medication reconciliation is the process of comparing medications and providing an accurate medication list as a resource for prescribers, which is currently only being done upon inpatient admission at the CCI. The purpose of this study is to see if pharmacist medication reconciliation at discharge reduces unintentional medication discrepancies for inpatient discharges.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Alberta
      • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 1Z2
        • Cross Cancer Institute

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Cancer inpatients under the care of Dr. Follett or Dr. Candler
  • Cancer inpatients to be discharged from the CCI
  • Patients >18 years of age
  • Patients that are taking >1 medications or herbals total at home.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Cancer inpatients that are considered radioactive or in "hot rooms" (ie. Selectron patients or patients receiving radiation treatment for thyroid)
  • Patients that do not remain in hospital >72 hours
  • Patients without a home phone number or equivalent contact number.
  • Language barrier (patients unable to speak or understand English).
  • Patients that are readmitted and already included into the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
MRS Correlation with Treatment Response.
Time Frame: up to 1 year
The percentage of patients with at least one unintentional medication discrepancy after discharge from the Cross Cancer Institute
up to 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Correlation with Tumor Stage
Time Frame: up to 1 year
The amount of medication discrepancies after discharge that has the potential to cause moderate harm to severe harm.
up to 1 year
The frequency of each type of unintentional medication discrepancies.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Alberta Health services

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Carole Chambers, BSc. Pharmacy, AHS Cancer Control Alberta

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2007

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

October 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 21, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 21, 2010

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

October 22, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

April 19, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 18, 2011

Last Verified

April 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 23851

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