Teamwork cuts drug errors before surgery
NCT ID NCT04013061
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether having a pharmacist and anesthesiologist review medications together before surgery could prevent mistakes. 378 patients scheduled for surgery took part. The goal was to catch and fix errors in their regular medicines before the operation.
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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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378 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2020
- Finished
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Sep 2021
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * The patient must have given their free and informed consent * The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan * The patient has at least one chronic medication prescription (associated with a chronic illness) * The patient is hospitalized for a programmed surgery in the service of urology or digestive surgery at the CHU Nimes or orthopedic surgery in the CHU Montpellier or Toulouse Exclusion Criteria: * The subject is participating in an interventional study, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study * The subject refuses to sign the consent * It is impossible to give the subject informed information * The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship * The patient is having ambulatory programmed surgery * The patient has an anesthetic consultation in a different health establishment
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Montpellier
Montpellier, 34090, France
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CHU de Nimes
Nîmes, 30029, France
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CHU de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
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