Clinical trials: Geriatric Care
Geriatric Assessment, Frail Elderly
Drug Reduction in Older Patients: The DROP Trial
Project Objectives: The proposed randomized, controlled trial will evaluate the effects of procedures to reduce medications among hospitalized older Veterans discharged to nursing homes using an hybrid study design to inform…
- Conditions
- Geriatric Assessment, Frail Elderly, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Patient-centered Care
- Trial name
- DROP (NCT03722017)
- Testing
- Deprescribing intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Polypharmacy, Care Transitions
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Deprescribe for Older Patients With Polypharmacy
This randomized, controlled trial will evaluate the effects of an intervention to reduce exposure to medications among hospitalized older adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Care Transitions, Geriatric Syndromes
- Trial name
- Shed-Meds (NCT02979353)
- Testing
- Shed-Meds: A Patient-Centered Deprescribing Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 372 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center