- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT02149940
Feasibility of Pharmaceutical Interventions in Elderly Heart Failure Patients. (RASP-HF)
Feasibility of Pharmaceutical Interventions in Elderly Heart Failure Patients: a Pilot Study.
Heart failure therapies (e.g. beta blockers) have been successful in decreasing mortality rates, as well as diminishing hospitalizations. Also, pharmacist collaboration has been shown to have a beneficial impact on heart failure related outcomes. Regardless, a high residual event rate is to be noted.
In our pilot study, we wished to document whether a clinical pharmacist could still play a role in the heart failure management of an elderly inpatient heart failure population.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Flemish Brabant
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Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, 3000
- University Hospitals Leuven
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- 75 years or older
- diagnosis of previous or new heart failure based on signs and symptoms as defined by the 'European Society of Cardiology guidelines on acute and chronic heart failure'
- diagnosis had to be confirmed by a recent echocardiogram
Exclusion Criteria:
- not Dutch speaking
- treatment restrictions had been applied on admission
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Non-Randomized
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: clinical pharmacy intervention
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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the number of heart-failure related pharmaceutical interventions
Time Frame: during hospital stay (average of 14 days)
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during hospital stay (average of 14 days)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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acceptance rate of the pharmaceutical interventions
Time Frame: during hospital stay (average of 14 days)
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during hospital stay (average of 14 days)
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clinical feasibility of the accepted interventions
Time Frame: during hospital stay (average of 14 days)
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during hospital stay (average of 14 days)
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Karolien Walgraeve, PharmD, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
- Principal Investigator: Lorenz R Van der Linden, PharmD, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
- Study Director: Jos Tournoy, MD, PhD, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- S55301
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