Reducing Cost of Azythromycin by Transferring From IV to Oral Therapy

NCT ID: NCT01741909

Last Updated: 2016-08-31

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-12-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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Intravenous Azythromycin therapy is considerably more expensive than oral therapy. The investigators believe that intravenous therapy is prolonged more that necessary and that oral therapy can be used much earlier in the course of the disease. The investigators plan to check if that statement is true and intervene in order to shorten the intravenous therapy.

Detailed Description

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The study will be performed in two stages. First a retrospective review of medical files of 50 patients hospitalized in the Haemek Medical Center with severe community acquired pneumonia, treated with azythromycin. The files will be reviewed for the criteria clinical improvement, and for azythromycin therapy, oral or intravenous.

The results of this review will help us define the appropriate behavioral intervention in order to cause doctors to transfer from IV to PO therapy at the earliest appropriate time. An intervention such as posters, pharmacy overseeing etc will be introduced. 3 months after the intervention, an additional 50 files of pneumonia patients treated with azythromycin will be reviewed in order to check the efficacy of the intervention.

The Review board and the NIH will be updated about the intervention, as soon as the investigators have decided what intervention is appropriate

Conditions

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Pneumonia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Before, After

The intervention is educational

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

after a baseline period, shorter intravenous treatment will be promoted by mail, posters, lectures, and pharmacy monitoring of treatment

Interventions

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education

after a baseline period, shorter intravenous treatment will be promoted by mail, posters, lectures, and pharmacy monitoring of treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All patients hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia treated by azythromycin

Exclusion Criteria

* Age under 18
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lee Goldstein

Lee Goldstein MD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Lee H Goldstein, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

haemek medical center

Locations

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Haemek Medical Center

Afula, , Israel

Site Status

Countries

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Israel

Other Identifiers

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EMC-85-12-CTIL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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