The ROAD 2.0 to Sustainable Medication Use: Redispensing Unused Oral Anticancer Drugs

Radboud University Medical Center

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Drug Prescriptions; Oncology; Cancer; Pharmacy

Treatments: Other: redispensing oral anticancer drugs

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06566560

111109

2020-7049

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this prospective intervention study is to investigate the effectiveness of redispensing unused oral anticancer drugs.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

• What are the cost-savings of redispensing unused oral anticancer drugs?
• What is the environmental impact of redispensing unused oral anticancer drugs?

Researchers will compare redispensing unused oral anticancer drugs to the standard practice of disposal.

Participants will receive their oral anticancer drugs in a sealed bag with a temperature indicator if needed. They will be asked to return any unused oral anticancer drugs to the pharmacy during their next visit to the hospital.

Enrollment: 2,500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients of all ages
• A clinical diagnosis of cancer using an oral anticancer drug that requires storage at room temperature according to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC).

Exclusion criteria

• Patients that do not understand the Dutch or English language, in written or spoken.
• Patients receiving prescriptions that contain an amount of tablets that deviates from the regular package size, resulting in the pharmacy dispensing an opened package

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2,500 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Other group

Treatment:

Other: redispensing oral anticancer drugs