Sustainable Inhaler Prescribing in Intermediate Care Units
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf
- Where
- Spain1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 110 people, planned
- Starts
- Jan 2027
- Expected to end
- Dec 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Multidisciplinary inhaler optimization intervention
- Record updated
- 12 November 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Aged 18 years or older
- Admitted to an intermediate care unit with a minimum stay of one week
- Active prescription of a pressurized metered-dose inhaler in the electronic prescription system
Who cannot take part
- End-of-life situation (last days or hours of life)
- Admission to the psychogeriatric unit
This trial has no sites in United States.
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a multidisciplinary review of inhaler treatment can increase the use of inhalers with a lower environmental impact in adults admitted to intermediate care units who use inhalers. The main questions it aims to answer are:
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* Does the intervention change the percentage of each type of inhaler prescribed (pressurized metered-dose inhalers, dry powder inhalers, and soft mist inhalers) between admission and discharge? * Does the intervention improve treatment adherence and inhaler technique, reduce the use of rescue inhalers, and reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions? Researchers will compare patients cared for by physicians who apply the intervention with patients cared for by physicians who do not yet apply it, to see if more patients switch to inhalers with a lower environmental impact.
Participants will:
* Have their inhaler prescription reviewed by a physician, who may change it when clinically appropriate, taking environmental impact into account * Have their adherence and inhaler technique assessed by a healthcare professional * Receive individual education on how to use their inhalers, if needed
The 2 groups in the trial
- delayed interventionOther group
Patients of two geriatricians; usual care in periods 1 and 2, multidisciplinary inhaler intervention in period 3
Treatment: Multidisciplinary inhaler optimization intervention
- early interventionOther group
Patients of the other two geriatricians; usual care in period 1, multidisciplinary inhaler intervention in periods 2 and 3
Treatment: Multidisciplinary inhaler optimization intervention
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Potential of Intermediate Care Units to Reduce Environmental Impact Through Sustainable Inhaler Prescribing: a Quasi-experimental Study of a Multidisciplinary Clinical Intervention
- Record updated
- 12 November 2026