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Efficacy of a pharmacist care protocol to manage uncomplicated female cystitis in community pharmacies: an open-label, multicenter, randomized, controlled, cluster study: the PharmaCyst' protocol.
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- Pathway to Access UTI Management (PATH-UTI): evaluating pharmacist prescribing and management practices for uncomplicated urinary tract infections in community pharmacy in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Article
- Urinary tract infection screening and referral service from community pharmacy.Farmaceuticos comunitarios · 2026Article
- Healthcare providers' perspectives on collaboration of care for acute cystitis in women and the role of the community pharmacy: A qualitative study.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundUrinary tract infections are common affections, especially for women. Difficult access to a general practitioner to obtain a prescription has led France to offer dispensing under protocol by community pharmacists. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a pharmacist care protocol provided to manage women with urinary tract infection symptoms. This objective will be assessed using the Acute Cystitis Symptom Score.
methodsPharmaCyst' is an open-label, multicenter, controlled, cluster-randomized study conducted in the Loire region, France. Women aged between 18 and 65 years presenting to a pharmacy complaining of at least one symptom of an uncomplicated urinary tract infection present over the last 3 days (including burning pain during micturition, dysuria, pollakiuria, urgent urination) will be considered for inclusion. All patients will be contacted on day 3, 10, and month 3. A total of 480 patients need to be recruited for the 24 clusters participating in the research. The quantitative data will be described using means and standard deviations and compared using Student's t-test. The qualitative data will be described using numbers and percentages and compared using chi DISCUSSION: PharmaCyst' is the first clinical trial conducted in France only by community pharmacists. Its results could lead to an extension of the protocol.
trial registrationThe protocol has been approved by the French ethics committee on 2022/12/02 and is registered under the number 49RC22_0240 on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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