Assessment of the Satisfaction of Patient Undergoing Opioid Replacement Therapy Toward Their Management in Community Pharmacy

NCT ID: NCT03961789

Last Updated: 2022-01-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

98 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-29

Study Completion Date

2019-05-21

Brief Summary

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The patient's compliance to his medication therapy, and therefore the success of the treatment, is particularly related to his pharmacy management. Thus, the satisfaction of an individual in their interview with the pharmacist is a very important element.

The pharmacist in his professional activity may have to manage patients with opioid related disorders. Pharmacist activity will result in the dispensing of opioid replacement therapy (ORT), single-use syringes, harm reduction kits and prevention advices for the reduction of toxicity and infection risks.

Since the 1990s, the consumption of ORT has been steadily increasing. According to the OFDT (French Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction), the number of patients undergoing ORT is about 150 000 patients. Since high-dose buprenorphine is prescribed for approximately two-thirds of patients, it remains the most frequently prescribed ORT in France.

Recently, a French association assisting drug users (ASUD - Auto-support des usagers de drogues) performed a study in Paris (20/07/2018 - 25/08/2018) to assess the delivery of opioid replacement therapies by community pharmacists. In this study, 71% of pharmacists refused to deliver opioid replacement therapies. The main reasons reported were security (56%) and activity saturation, meaning that pharmacists considered that they had too many patients using opioid drugs. In France, the refusal of a pharmacist to deliver drugs is a punishable offence. According to the Code of ethics of pharmacists, pharmacists must respect life and people without discrimination. Pharmacists have a low perception of patients suffering from opioid addiction. Another study performed by ASUD in 93 community pharmacies, showed that pharmacists used the term "toxicomaniacs" instead of "drug users". Most pharmacists had had a bad experience with drugs users, with physical and verbal aggressions. The conclusions of this study showed that pharmacists lacked knowledge of drug users and drug use. Pharmacists knew about harm reduction kits for opioid users (containing sterile syringes, needles, water, antiseptics, etc.) and had already opened them, but very few knew how to use them. More worryingly, some pharmacists did not understand the harm reduction strategies available It thus appears that community pharmacists have a difficult relationship with patient suffering of opioid related disorders, which can have an impact on patient's satisfaction.

The objective of this study will be to assess the satisfaction of patients undergoing ORT regarding their management by community pharmacists.

Detailed Description

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Patients will be recruited in addiction departments, associations for risk management and general practitioners, and a paper questionnaire will be sent to the patients. The questionnaire is anonymous.

Conditions

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Opioid-Related Disorders

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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cohorte 1

patients undergoing opioid replacement therapy

patients undergoing opioid replacement therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

patients undergoing opioid replacement therapy

Interventions

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patients undergoing opioid replacement therapy

patients undergoing opioid replacement therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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no intervention or other

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient undergoing opioid replacement therapy

Exclusion Criteria

* Age \<18 years
* Patient unable to understand or write in French
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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UFR de Pharmacie (Clermont-Ferrand)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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David Balayssac

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Locations

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CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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CHU-434

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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