Effectiveness of Pharmacist Interventions in Difficult Asthma

Launched by THE LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST · Feb 12, 2015

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Clinical diagnosis of asthma
• • Fulfil the criteria for difficult asthma (defined as persistent symptoms and/or frequent exacerbations despite treatment at step 4 or step 5 of the British TYhoracic Society / SIGN asthma guidelines 2011)
• • Adult patients age between 18 and 70 years
• • Able to speak, read and write in English
• • All patients must have received their regular medication from the same Community Pharmacy for at least 3 months prior to their baseline visit
• • Their community pharmacy must be registered with Leeds Primary Care Trust(PCT) to undertake targeted Medicines Use Reviews (tMURs).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Failure to meet the inclusion criteria
• • Patient is not responsible for administering their own medications
• • Patient is unlikely to be available for the 6-month follow-up period
• • Failure to provide written informed consent
• • Patient has had an MUR within the 12 months preceding the study period.