Reducing Cost of Azythromycin by Transferring From IV to Oral Therapy

August 30, 2016 updated by: Lee Goldstein, HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Can the Cost of Azythromycin in be Reduced in Hospitalized Patients With Community Acquired Pneumonia by Quick Transfer From Intravenous to Oral Therapy?

Intravenous Azythromycin therapy is considerably more expensive than oral therapy. The investigators believe that intravenous therapy is prolonged more that necessary and that oral therapy can be used much earlier in the course of the disease. The investigators plan to check if that statement is true and intervene in order to shorten the intravenous therapy.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study will be performed in two stages. First a retrospective review of medical files of 50 patients hospitalized in the Haemek Medical Center with severe community acquired pneumonia, treated with azythromycin. The files will be reviewed for the criteria clinical improvement, and for azythromycin therapy, oral or intravenous.

The results of this review will help us define the appropriate behavioral intervention in order to cause doctors to transfer from IV to PO therapy at the earliest appropriate time. An intervention such as posters, pharmacy overseeing etc will be introduced. 3 months after the intervention, an additional 50 files of pneumonia patients treated with azythromycin will be reviewed in order to check the efficacy of the intervention.

The Review board and the NIH will be updated about the intervention, as soon as the investigators have decided what intervention is appropriate

Study Type

Interventional

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

  • Israel
      • Afula, Israel
        • Haemek Medical Center

Participation Criteria

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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:

  • All patients hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia treated by azythromycin

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age under 18

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Before, After
The intervention is educational
Behavioral: education
after a baseline period, shorter intravenous treatment will be promoted by mail, posters, lectures, and pharmacy monitoring of treatment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
length of intravenous azythromycin treatment
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lee H Goldstein, MD, Haemek Medical Center

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 2, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 4, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

December 5, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 31, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 30, 2016

Last Verified

August 1, 2016

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • EMC-85-12-CTIL

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