APOSCREEN-1 – a prospective, single-arm clinical trial for the implementation of a pharmacy-based screening for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic risk factors in Schleswig-Holstein
Eric Amelunxen, Amelie Kokot, Benedikt Kolbrink, Sarah-Yasmin Thomsen, Maja L. Meßtorff, Matthias Laudes, Kenny R. Lienhard, Lucas M. Bachmann, Laura K. Sievers, Roland Schmitt, Kevin Schulte, Friedrich A. von Samson-Himmelstjerna · 2026
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Eric Amelunxen and colleagues test whether community pharmacies can catch heart, kidney, and metabolic risk earlier than clinics do. Their trial protocol appeared in BMC Nephrology in 2026. The APOSCREEN-1 study runs in twenty pharmacies in Germany's Schleswig-Holstein state. One thousand adults aged forty and over who meet risk criteria get point-of-care testing on the spot: glycated hemoglobin, blood lipids, urine albumin, and blood pressure, plus a clinical history.
Results flow to a study center through an online platform. Anyone crossing thresholds is sent for confirmatory laboratory testing at the center or their general practitioner. The trial's main questions are practical: will people accept screening at the pharmacy counter, and how much undetected disease it finds? Primary-care screening uptake is low, and the syndrome often surfaces only after organ damage. If pharmacies prove feasible and high-yield, they offer an accessible front door to prevention.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Eric Amelunxen, Amelie Kokot, Benedikt Kolbrink, Sarah-Yasmin Thomsen, Maja L. Meßtorff, Matthias Laudes, Kenny R. Lienhard, Lucas M. Bachmann, Laura K. Sievers, Roland Schmitt, Kevin Schulte, Friedrich A. von Samson-Himmelstjerna |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |