Pharmacist recommendations: do patients actually follow them?
NCT ID NCT07606716
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study examines how often patients take medication advice given by pharmacists after a thorough review of their prescriptions. Researchers will follow about 120 adults in Belgium who take five or more medicines. The goal is to understand what helps or hinders patients from adopting these recommendations, with the aim of improving teamwork between pharmacists and doctors.
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Study facts
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- 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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123 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (≥18 years old) living at home * French-speaking patients, or patients with a close caregiver able to communicate in French * Patients with polypharmacy (defined as the use of five or more reimbursed chronic medications) * Patients undergoing an official structured medication review performed by final-year UCLouvain pharmacy students * Patients able to provide informed consent * Patients with an identified referent general practitioner and referent pharmacist Exclusion Criteria: \- Patients not meeting the inclusion criteria
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Campus Woluwé
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, 1200, Belgium
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