Status:

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Population Health Approach to Optimizing Medications in Older Adults

Lead Sponsor:

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Conditions:

Medication Adverse Effects

Older Adults (65 Years and Older)

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This randomized controlled pragmatic pilot study examines the feasibility and acceptability of a population health-based deprescribing intervention that leverages a polypharmacy risk prediction model....

Detailed Description

This pilot clinical trial will examine the feasibility and acceptability of a medication management intervention that uses risk stratification to identify older adults (including older adults with Mil...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Patients will be invited to enroll in the study if they are in the top decile of risk selected by a risk prediction model of polypharmacy-related adverse events. The risk prediction model includes variables such as: age, sex, recent healthcare encounters, current and past medications, current and past lab tests, current and past diagnoses.
  • 65 years of age or older
  • Have a primary care clinician within the Cedars-Sinai Health System who uses MyCSLink (electronic health record used by Cedars-Sinai).
  • Part of a Cedars-Sinai Health System population health registry (e.g., enrolled in an Accountable Care Organization, Medicare Advantage plan, or Primary Care First program)
  • Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia at baseline (for one intervention group) on the problem list
  • Exclusion criteria include:
  • Patients for whom there is an active substance use disorder (defined by a physician) and thus for whom the intervention may not be appropriate
  • Patients with an organ transplant
  • Visits with a Cedars-Sinai Medical Center pharmacist for a polypharmacy consult within the last 6 months
  • Patients who previously indicated in the EHR that they wish to opt out of participating in research studies.
  • Patients enrolled in CS360, a program for highly complex medical patients, who already receive polypharmacy services.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    May 19 2025

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    December 1 2026

    Estimated Enrollment :

    100 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT06110156

    Start Date

    May 19 2025

    End Date

    December 1 2026

    Last Update

    May 21 2025

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    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048