Improving Compliance Among Elderly Polypharmacy Users Through Community Pharmacy Based Pharmaceutical Care Program

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00916214

Enrollment

200

Registered

2009-06-09

Start date

2009-06-30

Completion date

2011-06-30

Last updated

2011-06-14

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Conditions

Polypharmacy

Brief summary

The aim of the project is to evaluate effectiveness of a multidimensional pharmaceutical care plan in improving compliance among elderly polypharmacy users at community pharmacy settings. The specific objective of the project is to determine effects of pharmaceutical care program on medication adherence and persistence among elderly polypharmacy users.

Interventions

OTHERPharmaceutical care program

The pharmaceutical care program consists of 2 elements, that includes individualized medication education and regular follow up

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Both men and woman aged more than 65 years and taking more than 2 drugs

Exclusion criteria

* Inhabitants of nursing homes * People receiving unit dose dispensing of medicine

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
change in medication adherence from run-in to the end of phase 1	6 months
persistence of mean medication adherence	12 months

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026