Assessment of Drug Prescription by Phone

NCT ID: NCT02889120

Last Updated: 2016-09-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 1263 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2013-10-31

Brief Summary

Prescription of medicines by telephone in French medical call Centres is a part of the general practitioners activity.

This study aimed to described drug prescription by phone (MTP) performed in four medical call centers. The primary objective is to evaluate adherence to french practice guidelines for the drug prescription by phone (Haute Autorité de Santé, 2009) The secondary objective is to evaluate the risk/benefit ratio for drug prescription by phone.

Conditions

Drug Advice by Phone

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All phone calls, from september to october 2013, leading to a drug prescription by a general practitioner of four medical call centres..

Exclusion Criteria

• Medical emergency
• Patient refusing or not able to provide consent.

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Nantes University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Other Identifiers

P/2013/197

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id