Clinical trials: Inappropriate Use
Infectious Disease
Antibiotic Outbreak, Risk Factors for Never Event, Prediction of Inappropriate Use
In order to decrease inappropriate antibiotic use, drivers of inappropriate use must be identified locally. This study will focus on the MOST inappropriate use, which are defined as 'never events'.
- Trial name
- NCT03489330
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Midwestern University
Long Term Use of Benzodiazepine
Reducing Inappropriate Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults
The goal of this project is to reduce chronic benzodiazepine use through two approaches: direct patient education or direct patient education paired with additional support and encouragement from a behavioral health care manager.
- Trial name
- NCT03405298
- Testing
- Educational Material, Supplemental Collaborative Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Inappropriate Drug Prescription and Use
Educational and Informative Interventions to Tackle Inappropriate Use of Drugs in Italy
Pharmacological intervention is an essential step in health promotion. However, lots of drugs are often used in inappropriate ways, especially in elderly patients.
- Trial name
- EDUREDRUG (NCT04030468)
- Testing
- Educational intervention addressed to general practitioners, Informative intervention addressed to patients
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 4,840 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Milan
Dementia, Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use
e-ALIGN: A Patient Portal-based Intervention to Align Medications With What Matters Most
The overarching goal of this study is to pilot an intervention in which older adults with mild cognitive impairment and dementia and the older adult's care partners are identified in primary care and provided with educational…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
- Trial name
- e-ALIGN (NCT07454824)
- Testing
- e-ALIGN Patient-Portal Deprescribing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Adverse Drug Effects
The Use of STOPP/START Criteria for Medication Intervention Among Elderly Population Living in a Geriatric Hospital
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of STOPP/START criteria (STOPP-screening tool of older persons potentially inappropriate prescriptions START-screening tool to alert doctors to right treatment)for medication…
- Trial name
- STOPP (NCT01602744)
- Testing
- STOPP/START screening tools for medication intervention
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 382 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wolfson Medical Center
Inappropriate Prescribing
Effectiveness of a Community Intervention in the Chronic Use of Benzodiazepines: (BENZOSTOPJUNTOS)
This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a comprehensive, multicomponent intervention utilizing education and support for Benzodiazepines withdrawal compared to standard care.
- Trial name
- BENZOSTOP (NCT06209827)
- Testing
- Intervention for reducing benzodiazepines long-term use.
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 472 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Andalusian Health Service
Inappropriate Prescribing
Using a Mobile Application as a Support at the Prescription of Appropriate Medications for Elderly
Objective: To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile application to support decision making for prescription drugs to elderly patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02918643
- Testing
- Use of an application to for mobile devices like decision-making support for prescription drugs to elderly patients
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Bahia