Status:

COMPLETED

Integrating Family Medicine and Pharmacy to Advance Primary Care Therapeutics

Lead Sponsor:

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Conditions:

Diabetes

Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Recent health policy documents have endorsed an integrated model of collaboration between pharmacists and physicians in primary care. The integration of pharmacists into primary care has been identifi...

Detailed Description

The overall goal of IMPACT was to improve patient outcomes by optimizing drug therapy through a community practice model that integrates pharmacists into family practices. This multi-site demonstrati...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 65 + years and any two of the following:
  • Elevated blood pressure
  • Elevated hemoglobin A1C
  • Elevated LDL-C
  • Diagnosis of hypertension and no blood pressure readings in past 12 months
  • Diagnosis of diabetes and no hemoglobin A1C readings in past 12 months
  • Diagnosis of hyperlipidemia and no cholesterol readings in past 12 months
  • Diagnosis of osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis
  • Using narcotics
  • Diagnosis of hypertension, diagnosis of diabetes and not using an ACE inhibitor
  • Diagnosis of hypertension, elevated blood pressure and using an NSAID
  • Diagnosis of hyperlipidemia, elevate dLDL-C and not using a lipid lowering agent
  • Diagnosis of hypertension, high blood pressure and not using a potassium wasting diuretic

Exclusion

  • Less than one visit to family physician in past 12 months
  • More than 20 visits to family physician in past 12 months
  • Awaiting placement to a nursing home or long-term care facility
  • Alcoholism
  • Palliative care patient
  • Family physician only sees patient as a home visit

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

July 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

1400 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00157638

Start Date

February 1 2004

End Date

July 1 2006

Last Update

September 11 2006

Active Locations (3)

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1

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 1G6

2

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 5C8

3

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2S2