Clinical trials: Polypharmacy
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
Polypharmacy, Adverse Drug Reaction
Deprescribing of Symptomatic Medications in Rehabilitative or Subacute Care Patients
Deprescribing is a systematic method of withdrawing potentially inappropriate or unnecessary medications and is warranted in the elderly due to the high prevalence of polypharmacy.
- Trial name
- NCT03354845
- Testing
- Deprescribing intervention
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bright Vision Hospital
Polypharmacy
Medication Minimization for Long-term Care Residents
The purpose of this experiment is to test the effect of medication minimization on mortality and hospitalization in long-term care residents.
- Trial name
- WiseMed (NCT01932632)
- Testing
- Medication Minimization
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Polypharmacy, Anticholinergics
Longitudinal Analysis of Drug Burden Index
Anticholinergic and sedative drugs are frequently prescribed to older people, despite their negative impact on older people's physical and cognitive function.
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Anticholinergics, Hypnotics and Sedatives, Cognitive Function
- Trial name
- NCT03024541
- Volunteers
- 9,985 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Groningen