Clinical trials: Deprescriptions
Anxiety, Insomnia
Augmenting Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonist Deprescribing With Acupuncture and Yoga Among Older Adults
The main purpose of this 12-week study is to see if a new combination of treatments can help older adults reduce benzodiazepine or related medication use.
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Insomnia, Benzodiazepine, Deprescription
- Trial name
- NCT06197243
- Testing
- Acupuncture, Yoga, Deprescribing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
Anticholinergic Deprescription in Schizophrenia
In this study, the investigators will examine whether a deprescription of unnecessary anticholinergic drugs (benztropine or trihexyphenidyl) can augment quality of life, functioning, and neurocognition in individuals who with…
- Trial name
- NCT06562608
- Testing
- Anticholinergic Deprescription, No Anticholinergic Deprescription
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Deepak K. Sarpal, M.D.
Polypharmacy, Deprescriptions
Deprescribing: a Portrait and Out-comes of the Reduction of Polypharmacy in Portugal
This study protocol comprises three phases. The first two phases will be nationwide and aim to evaluate the prevalence and patterns of polypharmacy and assess the barriers and facilitators of deprescribing perceived by older…
- Trial name
- DePil17-20 (NCT03283735)
- Testing
- Elderly Enablement
- Volunteers
- 380 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Beira Interior
Terminal Cancer
Towards Cancer Patient Empowerment for Optimal Use of Antithrombotic Therapy at the End of Life
Despite the fact that antithrombotic therapy (ATT) has little or even negative effects on the well-being of cancer patients during their last year of life, stopping ATT is rare in clinical practice.
- Trial name
- SERENITY (NCT05706740)
- Testing
- Physician survey on antithrombotic medication during end-of-life care in cancer patients
- Where
- 12 sites in Denmark, France and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 467 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Deprescription, Antidepressants
Deprescription of Antidepressants in Primary Care (DAPriCare)
Introduction The consumption of antidepressants has increased considerably worldwide, including in Spain. Despite their effectiveness in cases of moderate to severe depression, their long-term use in mild cases is questioned.
- Trial name
- DAPriCare (NCT06796946)
- Testing
- Deprescription of Antidepressants (fluoxetine, citalopram, sertraline, paroxetine, and escitalopram)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 325 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Huelva
Fall, Fall Injury
A Clinical Decision Support System and Patient Portal for Preventing Medication-related Falls in Older Patients
Falls in older adults represents a growing public health challenge. The use of certain medication is recognized as an important modifiable risk factor for falls.
- Conditions
- Fall, Fall Injury, Fall Patients, Accidental Fall
- Trial name
- ADFICE_IT (NCT05449470)
- Testing
- CDSS, Patient Portal
- Where
- 10 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)