Clinical trials: Polypharmacy Patients, open to volunteers
Polypharmacy
A Digital Tool to Help Doctors and Pharmacists Prescribe Medicines More Safely for Older Adults in Oman
This is a prospective, multi-phase interventional study evaluating the clinical utility and efficacy of POLYMED-a bilingual (Arabic/English) web-based, explainable-AI medication risk calculator-on optimizing geriatric medication…
- Trial name
- POLYMED (NCT07840222)
- Testing
- OPIP Score Calculator (Oman Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Risk Score)
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Oman Ministry of Health
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR), Polypharmacy Patients
IPGx PILOT Whole Genome Sequencing Extension Cohort
The investigator's primary aim is to evaluate polypharmacy-associated adverse drug reactions (ADR) in a pilot study of at-risk patients using state-of-the-art pharmacogenomic technology and to use this information to make…
- Trial name
- NCT06766071
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Texas A&M University
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
Medication Adherence, Medication Safety
Evaluation of Medication Management Service
Medication management services (MMS) is a pharmacist-led service of optimizing the medication use and health outcomes, by promoting medication safety and enhancing the ability in self-management of health and diseases of patients…
- Conditions
- Medication Adherence, Medication Safety, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT06273761
- Testing
- Medication Management Service (MMS)
- Where
- 8 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 640 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Medication Review, Polypharmacy
Prioritising Patient Medication Review: Hospitals Reaching Out
To examine the effect of a cross-sectoral medication review intervention to admitted multi-morbid, polypharmacy patients aged 65+ at SHS in two settings; an acute admission unit (typical admission time < 48 hours) and a medical…
- Conditions
- Medication Review, Polypharmacy, General Practitioners, Interdisciplinary Communication
- Trial name
- PriPMed (NCT06451692)
- Testing
- Clinical pharmacist
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Acute Disease, Sepsis
Acutelines: a Large Data-/Biobank of Acute and Emergency Medicine
Research in acute care faces many challenges, including enrollment challenges, legal limitations in data sharing, limited funding, and lack of singular ownership of the domain of acute care.
- Conditions
- Acute Disease, Sepsis, Pneumonia, Frailty
- Trial name
- Acutelines (NCT04615065)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 35,000 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
Sarcopenia
(De)Prescribing in Hospitalized Sarcopenic Geriatric Patients
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effects of a deprescribing pharmacotherapy approach to the STOPP-START approach (usual care) in geriatric patients with sarcopenia and polypharmacy.
- Trial name
- MEDEGESARC (NCT05757765)
- Testing
- deprescribing pharmacotherapy approach (DPA), STOPP-START deprescribing approach (SSA)
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Zuyderland Medisch Centrum
Chronic Kidney Diseases
Deprescribing Intervention for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is recognized as a leading health problem globally. It is associated with multiple consequences such as cardiovascular diseases, infections, reduced cognitive function, and higher mortality rates.
- Trial name
- NCT06324045
- Testing
- Deprescribing
- Where
- Qatar
- Volunteers
- 424 people
- Sponsor
- Hamad Medical Corporation
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)
Chronic Kidney Diseases, Polypharmacy
Effectiveness of Health Literacy Program for Polypharmacy Patients (HLP-CKD)
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a health literacy promotion program in preventing chronic kidney disease (CKD) among patients who use multiple medications (polypharmacy).
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Diseases, Polypharmacy, Health Literacy
- Trial name
- HLP-CKD (NCT07622134)
- Testing
- Health Literacy Promotion Program (HLP-CKD)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University
Multimorbidity
A New Organisation of Clinic for Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy
The purpose of this study is to investigate: 1) the implementation and 2) the effects of an outpatient program for patients with complex multimorbidity.
- Trial name
- NCT06735339
- Testing
- Clinic for Multimorbidity
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Central Jutland Regional Hospital
Potentially Inappropriate Medications
PIM Incidence in Older Cardiovascular Patients During COVID-19 Pandemics
The aim of the study is to assess the incidence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) administration, polypharmacy, and potential drug-drug-interactions (PDDIs) in cardiovascular patients enrolled in the reimbursement…
- Trial name
- PIM-BARS (NCT05336565)
- Testing
- Electronic medical record analysis
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Drug Interactions, Primary Prevention
LDL-C Optimization Using Inclisiran in Patients in Which Drug-Drug Interactions Limit LDL Lowering
Drug-drug interactions often limit statin optimization in a population of patients prescribed cytochrome P3A4 inhibitors, which include immunosuppressive agents, protease inhibitors, and antifungals.
- Conditions
- Drug Interactions, Primary Prevention, Cardiometabolic Syndrome, LDL-Cholersterol Lowering
- Trial name
- SOLVE-LDL-C (NCT06865885)
- Testing
- Inclisiran sodium 300 mg (equivalent to 284 mg inclisiran) in 1.5 mL
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Dose Administration Aids, Medication Adherence
Testing a Smart Medication Dispenser (Mobili®) to Help People With Chronic Conditions Take Their Medicine
Medication adherence is one of the biggest challenges faced by healthcare systems, especially among people with multiple chronic diseases who take several medications daily.
- Conditions
- Dose Administration Aids, Medication Adherence, Polypharmacy, Technology in Health
- Trial name
- MobiMAd@PT RCT (NCT07175545)
- Testing
- Independent use of the Mobili® Device by patients, overseen by pharmacists
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Lusofona University
Polypharmacy, Pharmacogenetics
Individual Risk Profiles for Adverse Drug Reactions in Geriatric Patients
This project will generate a prospective cohort of geriatric patients with polypharmacy which will be characterized for vulnerability profiles of adverse drug reactions.
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Pharmacogenetics, Pharmacogenomic Testing, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
- Trial name
- NCT05247814
- Testing
- Pharmacogenomic testing of a panel of important pharmacogenes to detect genetic variants and evaluate the association between genetically predicted and measured drug metabolism, Adverse Drug Reaction detection, Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I)
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Deprescriptions, Antidepressive Agents
Patient-centred Deprescribing of Psychotropic, Sedative and Anticholinergic Medication in Elderly Patients With Polypharmacy
The PARTNER study is a multicentre, two-arm, pragmatic cluster-randomised trial evaluating the impact of a focused and patient-centred cooperation between general practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacists (PARTNER…
- Conditions
- Deprescriptions, Antidepressive Agents, Antipsychotic Agents, Analgesics, Opioid
- Trial name
- PARTNER (NCT05842928)
- Testing
- PARTNER intervention, Control intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 352 people
- Sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Alzheimer s Disease, Vascular Dementia
Predictors of Emergency Department Use in Frail Patients
When admitted to the emergency department (ED), elderly non-autonomous patients show high risk of adverse health outcomes. The prompt identification of ED use risk factors in such population is hence needed.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer s Disease, Vascular Dementia, Frailty, Elderly
- Trial name
- THE-Spoke 10 (NCT07259499)
- Testing
- Plasma phosphorylated Tau 181
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pisa
Child, Only, Disabilities Multiple
Pediatric Medication Therapy Management Trial
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether an intervention called Pediatric Medication Therapy Management (pMTM) improves the identification and management of medication-related problems among children with medical…
- Conditions
- Child, Only, Disabilities Multiple, Medication Interaction, Medication Compliance
- Trial name
- pMTM (NCT05761847)
- Testing
- Pediatric Medication Therapy Management (pMTM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 371 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Frailty, Cognitive Impairment
Orthopedic Procedures and Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults in the Czech Republic
This multicenter, prospective, non-interventional observational study (ORTOPODCZ) investigates the association between preoperative cognitive impairment and postoperative delirium (POD) in older adults undergoing elective total…
- Conditions
- Frailty, Cognitive Impairment, Older Adults, Hip Arthroplasty
- Trial name
- ORTOPODCZ (NCT07432009)
- Where
- 7 sites in Czechia
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tomas Bata Hospital, Czech Republic