Status:
COMPLETED
Providing Antibiotic Prescribing Feedback to Primary Care Physicians: The Ontario Program To Improve AntiMicrobial USE
Lead Sponsor:
Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Health Quality Ontario
Conditions:
Antibiotic Prescribing Audit and Feedback
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Antibiotic overuse occurs in multiple jurisdictions and is associated with rising rates of antimicrobial resistance. Mailing letters to the highest antibiotic prescribing physicians is a potentially e...
Detailed Description
Background: Antibiotic overuse is the major driver of rising antimicrobial resistance rates. Unnecessary antibiotic use is associated with adverse medication side effects and rising rates of resistanc...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Ontario primary care physicians
- Prescribe more antibiotics by volume than 75% of Ontario primary care physicians
- A College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario number in 2017-2018
Exclusion
- None
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 14 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 30 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
3500 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03776383
Start Date
December 14 2018
End Date
November 30 2020
Last Update
March 3 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Public Health Ontario
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1V2