To examine how medicines use may be improved in elderly patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN81524227

Enrollment

500

Registered

2004-09-30

Start date

2003-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Not Applicable: Service delivery Not Applicable Service delivery

Interventions

Randomised sample of intermediate care patients receive either standard or intensive pharmaceutical input to their care. Added June 2008: trial stopped due to lack of funding.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Numbers of patients readmitted to and time to readmission into secondary care for failure to adequately control existing medical conditions	—

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