Feedback of antibiotic prescribing to primary care

Feedback of Antibiotic Prescribing to Primary Care (FAPPC): A cluster randomised controlled trial using nationally held prescribing data

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN70810031

Enrollment

183

Registered

2016-06-23

Start date

2015-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-06-07

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Conditions

Antibiotic prescribing in primary care Not Applicable Antibiotic prescribing in primary care

Interventions

The intervention is feedback of antibiotic prescribing data plus action orientated goal setting text Practices in the feedback arm will receive quarterly feedback of practice rates of

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: General medical practices in NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Highland, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Lothian.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Practices with <250 registered patients 2. Practices which cease to exist during the trial 3. Practices which merge with another practice where the merging practices are in different arms

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Rate of prescribing of systemic antibacterials is calculated as the number of antibacterial prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured one year after the final intervention.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Number of antibacterials defined daily doses per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 2. Number of antibacterial prescriptions per 1000 registered patients aged 0-4 years per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 3. Number of antibacterial prescriptions per 1000 registered patients aged 5-64 years per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 4. Number of antibacterial prescriptions per 1000 registered patients aged =65 years per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 5. Number of amoxicillin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 6. Number of phenoxymethylpenicillin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 7. Number of flucloxacillin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 8. Number of co-amoxiclav prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 9. Number of doxycycline prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 10. Number of clarithromycin and erythromycin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 11. Number of trimethoprim prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 12. Number of nitrofurantoin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 13. Number of ciprofloxacin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 14. Number of cefalexin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final inter	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Number of antibacterials defined daily doses per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 2. Number of antibacterial prescriptions per 1000 registered patients aged 0-4 years per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 3. Number of antibacterial prescriptions per 1000 registered patients aged 5-64 years per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 4. Number of antibacterial prescriptions per 1000 registered patients aged =65 years per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 5. Number of amoxicillin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 6. Number of phenoxymethylpenicillin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 7. Number of flucloxacillin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 8. Number of co-amoxiclav prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 9. Number of doxycycline prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 10. Number of clarithromycin and erythromycin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 11. Number of trimethoprim prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 12. Number of nitrofurantoin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 13. Number of ciprofloxacin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final intervention 14. Number of cefalexin prescriptions per 1000 registered patients per day measured 1 year after the final inter

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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