Simple medication check slashes readmission risk for kidney patients?
NCT ID NCT06819527
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a thorough medication review at hospital admission and discharge could reduce mistakes and prevent patients with chronic kidney disease from being readmitted within 90 days. Researchers compared 323 patients who received this extra service to a similar group who got usual care. The goal was to see if careful medication reconciliation leads to fewer errors and better outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- medication reconciliation service
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could become a standard hospital practice to reduce medication mistakes and prevent unnecessary return visits for CKD patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center, quasi-experimental study, not a randomized trial, so results may be influenced by unmeasured factors. The intervention is a process change, not a new drug, so impact is modest.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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323 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Finished
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Aug 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (18 years or older) admitted patients with CKD (stages 2-5 ), who were using at least three chronic medicines at home, and were hospitalized for at least 48 hours. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with kidney transplantation . * Patients who have difficulties in responding to interviews and did not have family member or caregiver on behave. * Patients who refused to provide a written informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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King Abdullah University Hospital and Princess Basma Hospital
Irbid, 22110, Jordan
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