Clinical Pharmacy for Patients with a PICC Line

University Hospital, Toulouse138 enrolled

Overview

Clinical pharmacy is a patient-centered discipline and improves significantly the safety of drug management. Regarding medications, clinical pharmacy is efficient. The investigator hypothesize that clinical pharmacy applied to medical devices could be as effective as in the medication field. The main objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of clinical pharmacy activities during entire care pathways of patients implanted with a PICC line, in preventing complications.

This is a preliminary, before-after, monocentric and prospective study. The study will begin with an observational period and will be followed by an experimental intervention period. Sixty-nine adult patients in each period will be included. During the observational phase, no clinical pharmacy activities will be performed. During the interventional phase, clinical pharmacists will be active during the entire patients' care pathways.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

138

Conditions

Catheter Complications

Interventions

Clinical pharmacy activities along the care pathwaysOTHER

PICC line implantation: Optimize the logistics circuit of the PICC line by rationalizing orders through the evaluation of potential losses. Ensure the due traceability of the implanted medical device. Discharge order : Analysis, optimization and pharmaceutical interventions if necessary Discharge Pharmaceutical Interview : Discussion with the patient, Information about the PICC line maintenance and associated therapies, Information about the prescribed drugs. Call to the community pharmacist to transfer the patient's prescription. Follow-up calls for 3 months after discharge * Patients: Two calls the first week after implantation, then one call per month for a maximum of 3 months, Clinical data collection :Pharmaceutical advices if necessary * Liberal nurses: same frequency, Clinical data collection, Pharmaceutical advices if necessary * Community pharmacist: one call per month, information relevant to the patient's follow-up will be collected.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patient, age equal to or older than 18 years old * Patient capable of giving free and informed consent * Patient insured by the Social Security System * Patient living at home * Patient with a PICC line prescription * Patient whose discharge prescription should contain drugs and MDs * Patient for home discharge implanted with a PICC line * Patient reachable by phone Exclusion Criteria: * Under aged patient, age under 18 years old * Uninsured patient by the Social Security System * Patient not living at home : * Institutionalized patient * Patient living in a home for elderly dependent persons * Nursing home resident * Home-hospitalized patient * Patient deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision * Patient under guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice * Patient unreachable by phone * Pregnant or breastfeeding women

Locations (1)

CIVADE

Toulouse, Occitanie, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Assessment of the number of complications during the interventional phase.

Number of complications per patient and per month in each group. Number of complications per patient and per month in each group

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Number of consultations and rehospitalizations post-discharge.

Rates of consultations and rehospitalizations in each group.

Time frame: 3 months

Acceptance rate of pharmaceutical interventions (PI) during interventional phase and evaluation of PIs' criticality.

Number of potentially inappropriate prescriptions resulting in an accepted PI over total of PIs.

Time frame: 3 months

Conformity analysis of the PICC line logistic circuit

Number of correct items over total (items checklist about stock, supply chain, traceability)

Time frame: day 0

Conformity analysis of treatment indication.

Number of correct items over total (items checklist about recommended indications, implantation duration, etc.)

Time frame: day 0

Conformity analysis of hospital prescriptions issued in town.

Conformity rates per phase.

Time frame: day 0

Patient's Quality Of Life assessment

EQ-5D-5L score

Time frame: at discharge

Patient's Quality Of Life assessment

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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