Smartphone apps and pharmacists team up to catch hospital medication mistakes
NCT ID NCT07269002
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study tested a program where pharmacists used smartphone apps to review medications for hospitalized adults and children. The goal was to find and prevent medication errors. Over 3,600 patients took part, and no experimental drugs or devices were used.
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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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3,600 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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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2 years and older
- 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: * Hospitalized patients receiving medication therapy Adult and pediatric inpatients Patients receiving at least one scheduled medication dose during admission Exclusion Criteria: * Patients not receiving any pharmacologic treatment Patients admitted for procedures with no medication administration Patients discharged before assessment could be performed
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinical Research Coordination Unit
Banī Suwayf, Egypt
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