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Basic Information
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TERMINATED
NA
11 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2013-01-31
2014-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Control
At hospital discharge, patients of the control group will receive usual care at their community pharmacy.
No interventions assigned to this group
Electronic Multidrug Blister Pack
Electronic multidrug blister pack
At hospital discharge, patients will get their prescribed drugs repackaged in an electronic multidrug blister pack with 7x4 cavities. The electronic film affixed on the rear side measures the date and time when a loop is broken, i.e. when a cavity is emptied. Patients will get feedback on their adherence profiles at the community pharmacy.
Interventions
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Electronic multidrug blister pack
At hospital discharge, patients will get their prescribed drugs repackaged in an electronic multidrug blister pack with 7x4 cavities. The electronic film affixed on the rear side measures the date and time when a loop is broken, i.e. when a cavity is emptied. Patients will get feedback on their adherence profiles at the community pharmacy.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Prescription of 4 or more different oral solid drugs
* Capable to understand german (verbally and written)
* Capable to give informed consent
* Insured by a Swiss health insurance
* Manages his/her pharmacotherapy without external support
* Obtains his/her medication from a community pharmacy
* Accepts to use an electronic multidrug blister pack
* Place of domicile in Basel-Stadt or Basel-Land
Exclusion Criteria
* \> 2 drugs that cannot be packed into a multidrug blister pack (e.g. fluids)
* Dementia, or evaluated as cognitively impaired by the responsible nurse
* Transplanted patient
* Anticoagulation with oral vitamin K antagonists
* Has already used a multidrug blister pack of Pharmis or a Medifilm® single dose system
* is visually impaired (blind)
* cannot push drugs through a blister
* refuses to allow contact to his/her regular pharmacy and GP
* is referred to a nursing home or to rehabilitation or another hospital at discharge
* is included in other clinical trial
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Kurt Hersberger
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Kurt Hersberger
Professor PhD
Principal Investigators
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Kurt E Hersberger, Prof PhD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
University of Basel
Locations
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Notfallapotheke
Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland
Countries
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References
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Mahtani KR, Heneghan CJ, Glasziou PP, Perera R. Reminder packaging for improving adherence to self-administered long-term medications. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Sep 7;(9):CD005025. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005025.pub3.
Cramer JA. Enhancing patient compliance in the elderly. Role of packaging aids and monitoring. Drugs Aging. 1998 Jan;12(1):7-15. doi: 10.2165/00002512-199812010-00002.
Osterberg L, Blaschke T. Adherence to medication. N Engl J Med. 2005 Aug 4;353(5):487-97. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra050100. No abstract available.
Rosen MI, Rigsby MO, Salahi JT, Ryan CE, Cramer JA. Electronic monitoring and counseling to improve medication adherence. Behav Res Ther. 2004 Apr;42(4):409-22. doi: 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00149-9.
Related Links
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Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, University of Basel, Switzerland
Other Identifiers
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EKBB54/12
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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