Feasibility of Pharmaceutical Interventions in Elderly Heart Failure Patients. (RASP-HF)

May 26, 2014 updated by: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

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

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

29

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

  • Belgium
    • Flemish Brabant
      • Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, 3000
        • University Hospitals Leuven

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

75 years and older (Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

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

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: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: clinical pharmacy intervention
Other: heart-failure related pharmaceutical intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
the number of heart-failure related pharmaceutical interventions
Time Frame: during hospital stay (average of 14 days)
during hospital stay (average of 14 days)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
acceptance rate of the pharmaceutical interventions
Time Frame: during hospital stay (average of 14 days)
during hospital stay (average of 14 days)
clinical feasibility of the accepted interventions
Time Frame: during hospital stay (average of 14 days)
during hospital stay (average of 14 days)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

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

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 26, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 26, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

May 29, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 29, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 26, 2014

Last Verified

May 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • S55301

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