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BP-CKD
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Comparing interventions to lower BP in CKD (QI in CKD)
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Topic
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PCRN
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Portfolio Eligibility
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UKCRN adopted, non-commercial study
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ISRCTN
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56023731
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EudraCT
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MREC N° |
07/H0606/141
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UKCRN ID |
4082
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WHO ID
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Research Summary
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This cluster randomised trial (CRT) will compare two well-established quality improvement interventions with usual practice. The two intervention arms are:
1. Provision of clinical practice guidelines with prompts
2. Audit-based education
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Study Type |
Interventional
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Design Type |
Treatment
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Disease(s) |
All Diseases
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Phase |
N/A
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Current Status
| Closed - in follow-up |
| Closure Date | 28/02/2009 |
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Sample Size
| 100 |
| Accrual to Date |
 | 138% |
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Geographical Scope
| UK Multi-Centre |
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Lead Country
| England |
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Additional Information
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The sample population will be all individuals with CKD from approx 100 GPs, recruited from 8 areas of Eng.
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Main Inclusion Criteria
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- practices who provide written consent to participate
- locality specialist who will support the participation of the practice and the implementation of standard guidelines across the participating practices (appropriate to the arm of the study they are involved in)
- Primary Care Trust (PCT) commissioners’ engagement with the project and willingness to consider learning from its findings
- practice has had the same computer system for the last five years and has no plans to change it, or will allow access to check data quality
- practice has electronic laboratory links for the last three years
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Main Exclusion Criteria
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- practices in whom the computing system has changed over the last ten years;
- practices lacking an appropriate computer system from which data can be extracted
- practices in which referral data (from primary care to secondary care) is not available
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Chief Investigator(s)
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| Dr Simon De Lusignan |
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Further details, please contact
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Ms Jo Moore
JCM Associates
7 Coneyhurst Cottages
Coneyhurst Lane
Ewhurst
Ewhurst
Cranleigh
Surrey
GU6 7PL
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 01483277278
jo@jcm-associates.co.uk
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Funder(s) |
Health Foundation
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Sponsor(s) |
St George's University of London
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