Clinical trials: Inappropriate Prescribing
Dementia, Inappropriate Prescribing
An Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Medications in Long-term Care Residents With Severe Dementia
An education intervention to promote medication reviews and interdisciplinary discussions within long-term care facilities with the aim of improving medication regimen among residents with severe dementia
- Trial name
- OptimaMed (NCT03539276)
- Testing
- Knowledge exchange
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Polypharmacy, Frail Elderly Syndrome
Discontinuation of Long-term Medications in Older People Entering Nursing Home Care
Older people often have several chronic diseases requiring several medications all at once. Taking several medications all at once is called polypharmacy. Polypharmacy is common in nursing home residents.
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Frail Elderly Syndrome, Inappropriate Prescribing, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
- Trial name
- STOPPFrail (NCT03501108)
- Testing
- STOPPFrail deprescribing criteria
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University College Cork
Biological Markers, Inappropriate Prescribing
Big Data Analysis of the Use of bIomarkers Concentration
The investigators conducted a retrospective analysis of all measured concentrations performed in a large subset of laboratories located in the French Brittany from February 2010 the 17th to August 2015 the 30th, in adults over 20…
- Trial name
- rUBIDIuM (NCT03254472)
- Testing
- Measured concentrations of biomarkers
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 585,745 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Avicenne
Inappropriate Prescribing, Antibiotic Stewardship
Antibiotic Stewardship in Small Hospitals
Core elements of effective antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) have been identified and evidence-based guidelines have been developed for implementation.
- Conditions
- Inappropriate Prescribing, Antibiotic Stewardship, Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Trial name
- SCORE (NCT03245879)
- Testing
- Program 1, Program 2, Program 3
- Volunteers
- 30,000 people
- Sponsor
- Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
Inappropriate Prescribing
Reducing Inappropriate Prescribing for Psychiatric Patients Using Nurse-led Medication Reviews
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of nurse-led medication reviews on the frequency, type and potential severity of PIP in psychiatric patients
- Trial name
- NCT02052505
- Testing
- Medication review
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 411 people
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP)
The PIP-STOPP Study
The overall objective of the present study will be to describe the occurrence of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP) in Ontario's elderly (>65 yrs) population, assess the health and economic burden associated with it, and…
- Trial name
- PIP-STOPP (NCT02555891)
- Volunteers
- 2,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bruyère Health Research Institute.
Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP)
Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP) in Long-Term Care (LTC) Patients
The study objectives are: to validate the subsets of Screening Tool of Older People's Prescriptions (STOPP) and Screening Tool to Alert Right Treatment (START), or STOPP/START criteria, and Beers criteria applicable to HAD by…
- Trial name
- PIP in LTC (NCT02523482)
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 275 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bruyère Health Research Institute.
Inappropriate Prescribing, Clinical Oncology
Enhancement of the Prediction of Chemotherapy Prescribing Errors for Oncology Patients
It is a cross-sectional study examining a random sample of in- and out-patients, with proven malignant disease receiving chemotherapy, over a period of 6 months from the start of the study who visit the Oncology department, Ain…
- Trial name
- NCT02435290
- Testing
- determine the incidence , type , and severity of prescribing errors in the oncology department
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- hadeer ehab