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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01226589
Date of registration: 21/10/2010
Primary sponsor: Alberta Health Services
Public title: Pharmacist Discharge Medication Reconciliation Study
Scientific title: The Impact of Pharmacist Discharge Medication Reconciliation on Unintentional Medication Discrepancies From Inpatient Discharges at the Alberta Cancer Board Cross Cancer Institute
Date of first enrolment: October 2007
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01226589
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:   Carole Chambers, BSc. Pharmacy
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Alberta Health Services
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Cancer inpatients under the care of Dr. Follett or Dr. Candler

- Cancer inpatients to be discharged from the CCI

- Patients >18 years of age

- Patients that are taking >1 medications or herbals total at home.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Cancer inpatients that are considered radioactive or in "hot rooms" (ie. Selectron
patients or patients receiving radiation treatment for thyroid)

- Patients that do not remain in hospital >72 hours

- Patients without a home phone number or equivalent contact number.

- Language barrier (patients unable to speak or understand English).

- Patients that are readmitted and already included into the study.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Medication Reconciliation
Intervention(s)
Procedure: MRS
Primary Outcome(s)
MRS Correlation with Treatment Response. [Time Frame: up to 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Correlation with Tumor Stage [Time Frame: up to 1 year]
The frequency of each type of unintentional medication discrepancies.
Secondary ID(s)
23851
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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