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NCT Number: NCT03666793

Comprehensive Management of Drug Prescriptions Throughout the Elderly Person's Hospital Care

This study evaluates the impact of optimizing drug prescriptions on re-admissions of elderly patients within 30 days after hospital discharge. It compares a group of patients receiving comprehensive care (medication reconciliation at hospital entry, multidisciplinary medication review, and medication reconciliation at discharge), versus another group that does not benefit from the program.

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Key information

Conditions

Elderly Medication Reconciliation Patient Readmission

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

GHICL

Lomme, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients hospitalized in the department of short geriatric stay

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients already included in the study, and readmitted in the same service.

Treatment and study plan

global care

Other

Medication Reconciliation at admission, Multidisciplinary medication review, Medication Reconciliation at discharge

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of readmission at 30 days

    Time frame: 30 days

    Evaluate the impact of optimizing drug prescriptions on re-admissions of elderly patients within 30 days of return to home.Only direct re-admissions to emergency and geriatric short-stay services in participating centres will be counted.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time between discharge and first readmission

    Time frame: 30 days

    Evaluate the impact of medication management on the time required for the first re-admission to hospital, if it takes place before 30 days.

  2. Rate of changes in the prescription after hospital discharge by the general practitioner

    Time frame: 30 days

    Estimate the impact of this process on the preservation of the prescription after hospital discharge by general practitioner within the 30 days following the return home actual number of discrepancies, what may have caused the change and which are the concerned drugs

  3. Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) score

    Time frame: 30 days

    This score is based on 6 yes/no questions. T e total scale range is from 0 to 6. Each item is scored 1 if there is a problem or 0 if there is not, being the maximum score =6.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Lille Catholic University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Comprehensive Management of Drug Prescriptions Throughout the Elderly Person's Hospital Care, From Hospital to Home: Impact on Readmission at 30 Days After Delivery

Acronym: OPTISORT

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2019
First posted
Sep 12, 2018
Registry last updated
Apr 20, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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