Therapeutic Optimization in Patients in Acute Geriatric Care at University Hospital of Montpellier

Therapeutic Optimization in Patients in Acute Geriatric Care at University Hospital of Montpellier: Follow-up One Month After Discharge From Hospital

This study involves patients who will be discharged from Montpellier University Hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020.

The primary objective is to assess the number of difference(s) in patient's medicines between the discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) and one month after this discharge.

The secondary objectives are:

• to assess the number of changes of medicines between the patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit);
• to evaluate the number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatment at hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit) and one month after the discharge from hospital;
• to evaluate the number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy one month after the patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit).

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Geriatrics; Clinical Pharmacy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Comparison of patient's medicines

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 500

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Montpellier, France, 34295
    • UH Montpellier

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 years and older (OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020 and who will return to their home or to institution for elderly persons
• patients for whom there will be at least one change in their medicines between their admission and their discharge from hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who don't want to participate in this study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric; Patients who will be discharged from hospital (acute geriatric care unit) between January and March 2020	Other: Comparison of patient's medicines; Comparison of patient's medicines: between patient's discharge from hospital and one month after this discharge (acute geriatric care unit); between patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of medicines prescribed	Number of medicines prescribed by general practitioner different from those prescribed at patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)	One month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of medicines' changes	Number of changes of medicines between the patient's admission and discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)	At patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments	Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments at hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit)	At hospital admission (in acute geriatric care unit)
Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments	Number of inappropriate medicines in patient's treatments one month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)	One month after discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)
Number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy	Number of failures found in the transmission of information between the hospital and the general practitioner/pharmacy one month after the patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)	One month after patient's discharge from hospital (acute geriatric care unit)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: DELINGER FAURE, Ph D, UH Montpellier

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): January 20, 2020
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): March 1, 2020
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): December 30, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 2, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 7, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): January 13, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): June 5, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 4, 2020
• Last Verified: June 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Medication reconciliation
• Other Study ID Numbers: RECHMPL19_0581

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED
• IPD Plan Description: NC

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No