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Nurse-led medication monitoring and adverse events

Nurse-led medication monitoring and adverse events in a respiratory medicine outpatient department. A single site parallel group pragmatic randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the West Wales Adverse Drug Reaction (WWADR) Profile for Respiratory Medicine

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN10386209
Enrollment
50
Registered
2011-04-05
Start date
2011-01-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

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Conditions

Chronic respiratory disease Respiratory Other respiratory disorders

Interventions

Patients with chronic respiratory disease attending the nurse-led respiratory clinics will be allocated to one of two groups. Allocation by concealment, stratified randomisation by West Wales Organisa

Sponsors

Swansea University (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients attending the outpatient respiratory clinics in Singleton Hospital, Swansea, Wales 2. Existing chronic respiratory condition 3. Currently prescribed and receiving at least one of: 3.1. Bronchodilators 3.2. Corticosteroids 3.3. Theophylline 3.4. Leukotriene receptor antagonists

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Aged 16 or under 2. Lack of fluency in English or Welsh 3. Patients will be screened by trained physicians and/or nurses to ensure they are well enough to participate in this project, and will be excluded as necessary by their clinicians: 3.1. Patients considered lacking the capacity to consent 3.2. Patients experiencing undue stress or vulnerability

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Number of problems actioned by the nurse in rounds one and two 2. Action taken is recorded descriptively and identified using the WWADR profile

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Number of problems detected in rounds one and two identified using the WWADR profile

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 8, 2026