Expanding the Role of Pharmacists in Treating Persons With Cardiovascular or Lung Diseases
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Diseases, Lung Diseases
In brief
This study will test whether enhanced continuity of pharmacy care that includes increased communication between inpatient and outpatient settings will improve the appropriateness of medication therapy and reduce the number of serious adverse drug events, hospitalizations and unscheduled office visits in vulnerable patients with cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease or diabetes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00513903
- Run by
- University of Iowa
- People needed
- 954
- Starts
- 2008-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-08-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Speaks either English or Spanish
- Willing to obtain all long-term prescriptions from one community pharmacy during the 90-day study period
- Diagnosed with at least one of the following conditions: high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, heart failure, coronary artery disease, heart attack, stroke, transient ischemic attack, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, or receiving oral anticoagulation therapy
- Admitted to the general medicine, family medicine, cardiology, or orthopedics services hospital department
You may not qualify if…
- Does not have a working telephone
- Has a hearing impairment that does not allow the use of a telephone
- Enrolled in Iowa Care (i.e., individual has no community physician or community pharmacist following hospital discharge)
- Life expectancy estimated at less than 6 months at the time of study entry
- Dementia or cognitive impairment
- Severe psychiatric or psychosocial factors, including substance abuse, that may impair the desire or ability to complete all aspects of the study
- Admission to the psychiatric, surgery, or hematology/oncology services hospital department
Where it is running
- The University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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