NCT05113667

Clinical Pharmacist-led Appropriate Acid Suppression Therapy Stewardship Program

Impact of Clinical Pharmacist-led Appropriate Acid Suppression Therapy Stewardship Program on Hospitalized Older Patients: A Non-Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (actual)
• Sponsor: Marmara University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 95 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate the impact of clinical pharmacist-led appropriate acid suppression therapy stewardship program in hospitalized older patients.

Detailed description

This prospective, nonrandomized controlled study was conducted in older patients who ordered proton pump inhibitor (PPI) at admission in an internal medicine service of tertiary training and research hospital. In the intervention group, clinical pharmacist-led services (including medication reconciliation and medication review) were conducted during hospitalization and at discharge by using the guidelines and potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) criteria \[American Geriatric Society-AGS Beers Criteria©, 2019\]. Medication Appropriateness Index (MAI), inappropriate PPI cost, and hospitalization for gastrointestinal bleeding within 1 year after discharge were calculated in both groups

Conditions

• Geriatric

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Clinical Pharmacist-led Appropriate Acid Suppression Therapy Stewardship Program	Clinical pharmacist provided medication reconciliation and medication review during the hospital stay.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-01
• Primary completion: 2020-02-28
• Completion: 2021-08-31
• First posted: 2021-11-09
• Last updated: 2023-10-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)