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The Impacts of Pharmaceutical Cares on the Elderly in a VA Nursing Home.

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What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected from today forward - Prospective
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Who is being recruted

Over 65 Years
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How is the trial designed

Case-Control

Comparing exposures between individuals with and without disease in order to identify potential risk factors.
Observational
Study Start: April 2013
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Summary

Principal SponsorTaichung Veterans General Hospital
Last updated: August 28, 2014
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Study start date: April 1, 2013

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Around 200 residents in a Veteran nursing home will be selected for reviewing inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total of 100 subjected are selected into this randomized controlled trial. Each group will have 50 subjects and then divides into 4 subgroup, according to their drug items used (5-7 and over 8 items used). The inclusion criteria: Residents of the Veteran nursing home. over 65 years old. complete comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) prescription drugs more than 4 times/day, excluding stat order. with 2 or more chronic diseases. Exclusion criteria: 1. residents who were in the pharmaceutical care project of Taiwan Pharmacists Association.

NCT01823757
Principal SponsorTaichung Veterans General Hospital
Last updated: August 28, 2014
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

100 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Case-Control

These studies compare people who have a disease (cases) with those who don't (controls). The goal is to look back at previous exposures or risk factors to identify what might have contributed to the disease.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 65 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

5 inclusion criteria required to participate
Age over 65 years old
Complete Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
Residents in the Veteran nursing home
Use more than 4 drug item per day (excluding stat order)
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1 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
subjects who were in pharmaceutical care project of Taiwan Pharmacist Association

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Changhua Domiciliar Center

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