Pharmacist teamwork boosts pneumonia vaccine rates in hospitals
NCT ID NCT05060146
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a structured collaboration between pharmacists and doctors could improve pneumococcal vaccination rates in patients at high risk for infection. Over 600 hospitalized adults with chronic conditions or weakened immune systems took part. The pharmacist reviewed medications, educated patients, and coordinated vaccination after discharge.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pneumococcal vaccine
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could significantly increase vaccination rates in at-risk patients, reducing serious infections like pneumonia and meningitis.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study, so results are available. However, the intervention relies on multiple steps (pharmacist, doctor, nurse) which may not work in all hospitals or countries.
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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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646 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2022
- Finished
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Jun 2024
- 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 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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Inclusion Criteria: * The patient must have given their free and informed oral consent * The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan * The patient is admitted to full hospitalization in a surgical or medical department. * The patient will benefit from a reconciliation of drug treatments. * The patient is considered at risk of pneumococcal infection according to the recommendations of March 2017 of the High Council of Public Health (HCSP) * Pneumococcal vaccination is not up to date according to the HCSP 2017 recommendations. Exclusion Criteria: * The subject is participating in a category 1 interventional study * The patient has participated in a category 1 trial within the previous 3 months or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study * It is impossible to give the subject informed information * The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship * The patient is not in a fit state to express consent * The patient is pregnant, parturient or breast feeding
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH Alès Cévennes
Alès, France
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CH Comminges Pyrénées
Saint-Gaudens, France
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CH de Bagnols sur Cèze
Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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CH de Montauban
Montauban, France
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CH de Perpignan
Perpignan, France
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CH du Bassin de Thau
Sète, France
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CHU de Montpellier
Montpellier, France
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CHU de Nimes
Nîmes, France
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CHU de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
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