Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04204590
Feasibility Study of a Systematic Approach for Deprescribing of Statins and PPI's.
Feasibility Study of a Systematic Approach for Deprescribing of Statins and Proton Pump Inhibitors in Nursing Home Residents
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 75 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Zuyderland Medisch Centrum · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Deprescribing, the process of safely reducing or discontinuing unnecessary or harmful medication, has the potential to decrease polypharmacy and improve health outcomes. In this study a structured implicit algorithm, focusing on both extrinsic medication factors (eg change in disease) and intrinsic patient factors (eg. pill burden) will be used.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Deprescribing algorithm | For this study an implicit, evidence-supported and patient-centred algorithm has been developed. The outcome of the algorithm is an advice to the doctor to deprescribe or not deprescribe the statin and/or PPI. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-04-02
- Primary completion
- 2019-07-03
- Completion
- 2019-07-03
- First posted
- 2019-12-19
- Last updated
- 2019-12-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Netherlands
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04204590. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.