Clinical Impact of Pharmaceutical Consultations in Patients Treated for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at Home

NCT ID: NCT03704545

Last Updated: 2025-12-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

174 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-01-18

Study Completion Date

2021-10-21

Brief Summary

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The implementation of pharmaceutical consultations in the city or at the hospital could modify the occurrence of exacerbations related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after return of the patient to his home.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experimental group from the hospital

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pharmaceutical consultation at the hospital

Intervention Type OTHER

During 20 minutes, the patient will be educated about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatments and their use.

Experimental group from the city

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pharmaceutical consultation at the pharmacy

Intervention Type OTHER

During 20 minutes, the patient will be educated about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatments and their use.

Follow-up pharmaceutical consultation at the pharmacy

Intervention Type OTHER

During 10 minutes, the patient will get more information about his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatments and their use.

Interventions

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Pharmaceutical consultation at the hospital

During 20 minutes, the patient will be educated about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatments and their use.

Intervention Type OTHER

Pharmaceutical consultation at the pharmacy

During 20 minutes, the patient will be educated about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatments and their use.

Intervention Type OTHER

Follow-up pharmaceutical consultation at the pharmacy

During 10 minutes, the patient will get more information about his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatments and their use.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* The patient has signed the consent form.
* The patient is affiliated to a health insurance programme
* The patient is at least 18 years old (≥).
* The patient is admitted to complete hospitalization (for patients in the "Hospital and Control" groups).
* The patient is diagnosed with stage 2 to 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The diagnosis as well as the stage of the disease are validated by a pulmonologist at the facility.
* The patient has one or more inhaler devices to treat Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
* The patient returns to his / her home when discharged from hospital (for patients in the "Hospital and Control" groups).
* The patient is available for a follow-up of 12 months.

Exclusion Criteria

* The subject participates in another interventional study.
* The subject is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study.
* The patient is under safeguard of justice.
* The subject refuses to sign the consent.
* It is not possible to give the patient (or his/her trusted-person) informed information.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Nimes University Hospital

Nîmes, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Hachemi D, Leguelinel-Blache G, Bouvet S, Roux-Marson C, Plouvier N, Kinowski JM, Castelli C, Dubois F. Clinical impact of pharmaceutical consultations in patients treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (BPCObs study). Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2023 Dec 20;37:101249. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101249. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 38269046 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2018-A01699-46

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NIMAO/2017-03/JMK-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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