Randomized Pilot Trial of the Impact of Bedside Delivery of Discharge Medications to Pediatric Patients With Asthma

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

This randomized pilot study proposes to field-test key logistical aspects of studying an intervention already available to patients on the pediatric ward, namely a discharge medication delivery service, called "Meds-in-Hand," which has been refined via a quality improvement process, but not rigorously studied nor fully implemented.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02336490

Run by

Boston Medical Center

People needed

23

Starts

2015-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-10-30

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• admission includes treatment for asthma exacerbation
• discharge medications will require a new prescription
• primary care taker speaks english or spanish

You may not qualify if…

• patients being discharge outside of the operating hours of the delivery service

Where it is running

• Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.