Status:
COMPLETED
Discontinuing Inappropriate Medication in Nursing Home Residents
Lead Sponsor:
University of Groningen
Collaborating Sponsors:
ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
Conditions:
Polypharmacy Because of Multimorbidity in Geriatric Nursing Home Residents
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Nursing home residents are among the frailest patient groups with a high number of co-morbidities and a high use of medicines. Inappropriate polypharmacy (i.e. often overprescribing) is one of the maj...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Nursing Home Wards:
- Inclusion criteria:
- Long stay ward
- Capability and commitment to perform a multidisciplinary multistep medication review.
- Exclusion criteria:
- Short stay, revalidation or observation wards
- Specialized ward where patients with an atypical etiology are cared for.
- Elderly care physicians who have recently received or who are to receive recertification at short notice with regard to systematic medication review methodology.
- Participation in other studies aimed at improving the quality of drug prescription (in the past 12 months).
- Nursing Home Residents:
- Inclusion criteria:
- A life expectancy of \>4 weeks as judged by the treating elderly care physician.
- IC provided by patients themselves or provided by a legal representative for incapacitated patients.
- Exclusion criteria:
- Refusal of treatment with medicines.
- Having received a multidisciplinary systematic medication review in the past 6 months.
- Being terminally ill and having a life expectancy ≤ 4 weeks as judged by the treating elderly care physician.
- Other reasons at the discretion of the elderly care physician / nursing staff
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
992 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01876095
Start Date
June 1 2014
End Date
April 1 2016
Last Update
March 22 2017
Active Locations (1)
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University of Groningen
Groningen, Provincie Groningen, Netherlands, PO Box 72 9700 AB