Role of Clinical Pharmacists in Epilepsy Management

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Clinical pharmacists have an important role in inter-professional healthcare collaboration for epilepsy management. However, the pharmacy practices of managing epilepsy are still limited in Vietnam, deterring pharmacists from routine adjustments of antiepileptic drugs, which could decrease the patients' quality of life. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of pharmacist interventions in epilepsy treatment at a Vietnamese general hospital.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Gia Dinh People Hospital
• Treatments: Anticonvulsants; Carbamazepine; Phenytoin; Valproic Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• were prescribed a monotherapy or polytherapy of phenytoin, carbamazepine, or valproic acid.

• were treated for more than one month.

Exclusion Criteria:

• were pregnant or breastfeeding women.

• had a history of alcoholism.

• had liver or renal disease.

• were using drugs known to have an influence on cytochrome P450 enzymes.