Evaluation of two models of delivering anticoagulant care to house bound patients in the community: a multidisciplinary study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN24180077

Enrollment

200

Registered

2003-09-12

Start date

2002-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-10-30

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Conditions

Anticoagulation therapy Haematological Disorders Other coagulation defects

Interventions

Randomised controlled crossover study. Two models of outreach anticoagulation service will be compared with the traditional hospital based model.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The approximately 200 patients presently anticoagulated with warfarin at Barts and The London NHS Trust anticoagulation clinic with mobility impairment will be invited to participate and consenters randomly assigned to one of the two anticoagulation service provision schemes, i.e. model A followed by model B, or model B followed by model A.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not match inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Clinical: 1.1. Time spent in the therapeutic range. 1.2. The incidence of adverse events (bleeding, thrombotic events) 2. Satisfaction: 2.1. Patients: Consumer Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) and 4 structured original questions 2.2. Professionals: semi-structured interview 3. Health economic evaluation	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026