Clinical trials: Elderly Internal Medicine Patients
Psycho-cognitive Troubles
Screening of Psycho-cognitive Troubles in Elderly Patients
The main objective of the study is to assess the rate of patients with psycho-cognitive troubles among hospitalised elderly patients.
- Trial name
- EMG (NCT00831805)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Sleep Disorder
Association Between Preoperative Insomnia and Postoperative Quality of Recovery : A Prospective Observational Study
Although patients with cancers are prone to insomnia, especially waiting for surgery during hospitalization, and insomnia promotes acute respiratory infections (ARI) and is not conducive to the postoperative quality of recovery…
- Trial name
- PIPQoR (NCT06008873)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 198 people
- Sponsor
- Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
Inflammation
Interest of 18F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography in the Management of Fevers and Inflammatory Syndromes
Patients aged 75 and over represent a heterogeneous population with fragile subjects who have a higher risk of poor tolerance to many tests and especially who have a risk of major functional loss in the event of hospitalization.
- Trial name
- NCT04001491
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Polypharmacy, Incontinence
An Intervention Study to Reduce the Use and Impact of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Among Older Adults
An educational intervention targeting community-dwelling older adults will lead to a reduction in potentially inappropriate prescriptions (e.g. benzodiazepines, oxybutynin).
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Incontinence, Insomnia, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT01148186
- Testing
- knowledge transfer tool
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal
Hospitalization, Aged 65 Years or Older
Effectiveness of Exercise Intervention on Physical Function, Psychological Health, Quality of Life, and Spiritual Well-Being in Hospitalized Older Patients
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a structured exercise program on physical function, psychological well-being, quality of life, and spiritual well-being in hospitalized older adults.
- Conditions
- Hospitalization, Aged 65 Years or Older, Activities of Daily Living, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT07156448
- Testing
- Multicomponent Exercise Program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Intertrochanteric Fractures
Internal Fixation or Joint Replacement Therapy for Aged Hip Fracture Patients
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of internal fixation or arthroplasty for hip fracture patients over 75 years of age with multiple medical complications through the operation time, intraoperative bleeding, time to start weight…
- Trial name
- NCT03407131
- Testing
- Joint replacement surgery, Intramedullary nail fixation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University People's Hospital
Simulation Training, Anticoagulant Drugs
E-learning to Improve Oral Anticoagulant Use in Hospitalized Older People With AF
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and the main cause of cardioembolic stroke. Oral Anticoagulation (OAC) has been shown to significantly prevent AF-related thromboembolism, however, despite convincing…
- Conditions
- Simulation Training, Anticoagulant Drugs, Elderly, Atrial Fibrillation
- Trial name
- SIM-AF (NCT03188211)
- Testing
- E-learning educational program, Control
- Where
- 20 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 247 people
- Sponsor
- Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Sleep Disorder, Complaint, Subjective Health
Evaluation of the Benefits of Individualized Advice Administration on Quality of Sleep for the Elderly Living at Home
Sleep disorder is often a complaint from the older people. Prevalence of sleep disorder increases with aging and reaches between 20 to 45% of the people of 65 years old and more. Sleep physiologically changes with aging.
- Trial name
- CISPAD (NCT03594851)
- Testing
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Sleep diary, Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Groupe Hospitalier de la Region de Mulhouse et Sud Alsace
Heart Failure
Facilitated Access to Optimized Treatment and Clinical Follow-Up for Elderly Patients by the Internal Medicine Heart Failure Outpatient Clinic - a Randomized Multicenter Prospective Study
Research problem and specific questions: Due to lack of resources and an increasingly heavy burden placed on the primary care system, most of heart failure (HF) patients don´t receive a swift follow-up according to guideline…
- Trial name
- FASTTRACC (NCT07040995)
- Testing
- Swift follow-up
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Polypharmacy (People Under Treatment With 5 or More Drugs)
Impact of Pharmacotherapy Optimization in Polymedicated Lebanese Older Adults in Primary Health Care Centers
Why are the researchers doing this study? Many older adults take five or more medicines every day. Some of these medicines may no longer help them. Some may even cause harm, such as falls, confusion or tiredness.
- Conditions
- Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Polypharmacy (People Under Treatment With 5 or More Drugs), Primary Health Care, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
- Trial name
- PHARMACT-PHC (NCT07866677)
- Testing
- Structured pharmacotherapy optimization, Usual Care
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 452 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology, and Toxicology-Lebanon (INSPECT-LB)
Adverse Drug Event
Medication Reconciliation Using Electronic Pharmaceutical Record: A Multicenter Study in the Hospitalized Elderly
Context Adverse drug events (ADEs) may occur in hospitalized patients and may result from discrepancies between patient's current medications and the drugs prescribed at admission (omission,, dosing errors….).
- Trial name
- CONCIPAGE (NCT02906657)
- Testing
- Medication reconciliation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Deprescribing
Deprescribing in Outpatient Internal Medicine Practices
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of pharmacist-led medication reviews and deprescribing or de-escalation interventions on reducing the number of medications, falls, and hospitalizations, and improvement in…
- Trial name
- NCT07226960
- Testing
- medication review
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Respiratory Arrest
Mechanical Ventilation in Internal Medicine Elderly Patients - Choosing Wisely
This is a prospective observational study evaluating all patients requiring mechanical ventilation. Data will be gathered regarding the events prior to ventilation and the indication for mechanical ventilation.
- Trial name
- VentWise (NCT02379884)
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 619 people
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Pain, Postoperative
Intraoperative Methadone vs Morphine for Postoperative Pain Control in Patients Undergoing Surgery of the Tibia
The purpose of this study is to determine whether, for surgery of the tibia, one dose of methadone provides better control of pain afterward as compared to morphine, which is the usual drug given to control pain after surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT01430182
- Testing
- Methadone, Morphine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Elderly Internal Medicine Patients
Intervention to Improve Prescribing in Elderly Patients
This study tested the efficacy of an easy-to-use checklist aimed at supporting the therapeutic reasoning of physicians in order to reduce inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy in elderly adults admitted to an internal…
- Trial name
- NCT02712268
- Testing
- Checklist
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland