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Register:	ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on:	5 July 2021
Main ID:	NCT02999412
Date of registration:	14/12/2016
Prospective Registration:	Yes
Primary sponsor:	Uppsala County Council, Sweden
Public title:	Medication Reviews Bridging Healthcare: a Cluster-randomised Crossover Trial MedBridge
Scientific title:	Medication Reviews Bridging Healthcare: a Cluster-randomised Crossover Trial to Study the Effects of Hospital-initiated Comprehensive Medication Reviews, Including Active Follow-up, on Elderly Patients' Healthcare Utilisation
Date of first enrolment:	February 6, 2017
Target sample size:	2637
Recruitment status:	Completed
URL:	https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02999412
Study type:	Interventional
Study design:	Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Health Services Research. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).
Phase:	N/A

Countries of recruitment
Sweden

Contacts

Name:	Ulrika Gillespie
Address:
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:	Uppsala University Hospital

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Admitted to one of the study wards

Exclusion Criteria:

- Has been subject to a medication review within the last 30 days as stated within their
medical record;

- Residing in another than the hospital's county

- Being in a palliative stage as stated in their medical record

- Admitted for only one day

Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Medication Review

Intervention(s)

Procedure: Comprehensive medication review

Procedure: Usual Care

Procedure: Comprehensive medication review with active follow-up

Primary Outcome(s)

Incidence of unplanned hospital visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 12 months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Time from hospital discharge to first unplanned hospital visit, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: up to 12 months]

Unplanned medication-related hospital admissions, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 12 months]

Unplanned medication-related hospital admissions, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 6 months]

All-cause mortality rates, extracted from the national death registry [Time Frame: 12 months]

All-cause mortality rates, extracted from the national death registry [Time Frame: 3 months]

Unplanned medication-related hospital admissions, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 30 days]

Emergency department visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 3 months]

Unplanned hospital admissions, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 3 months]

Unplanned primary care visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 30 days]

Unplanned hospital visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 30 days]

Unplanned primary care visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 12 months]

All-cause mortality rates, extracted from the national death registry [Time Frame: 6 months]

Costs of hospital based care, extracted from the counties' costs per patient (CPP) system [Time Frame: 6 months]

Emergency department visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 12 months]

Unplanned hospital admissions, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 12 months]

Unplanned hospital admissions, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 6 months]

Unplanned hospital visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 3 months]

Unplanned primary care visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 6 months]

Costs of hospital based care, extracted from the counties' costs per patient (CPP) system [Time Frame: 12 months]

Emergency department visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 6 months]

Emergency department visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 30 days]

Unplanned primary care visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 3 months]

Unplanned medication-related hospital admissions, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 3 months]

All-cause mortality rates, extracted from the national death registry [Time Frame: 30 days]

Unplanned hospital admissions, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 30 days]

Unplanned hospital visits, extracted from the patients' electronic medical record [Time Frame: 6 months]

Secondary ID(s)

MEDBRIDGE

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Sweden

Uppsala University

Region Gävleborg

Västmanland County Council, Sweden

Ethics review

Results

Results available:
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