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Reducing Post-discharge Adverse Drug Events Amongst the Elderly: a Multi-centre Electronic Deprescribing Intervention

NCT03272607 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6582

Last updated 2021-05-17

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Summary

Reducing medications and associated side effects in older adults: an electronic hospital-based intervention

Conditions

  • Adverse Drug Event

Interventions

OTHER

Deprescribing opportunities

An electronic intervention that identifies potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and generates instructions for safe discontinuation, which is presented to the treating physician for their consideration.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Ottawa Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Foothills Medical Centre

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alberta

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kingston Health Sciences Centre

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of British Columbia

    collaborator OTHER

  • McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Todd C Lee, MD, MPH · McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-22
Primary Completion
2020-03-30
Completion
2020-03-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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