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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON47041
NL-OMON47041
Completed
Not Applicable

OPtimising thERapy to prevent Avoidable hospital admissions in the Multimorbid elderly: a cluster randomised controlled trial - OPERAM

niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht0 sites452 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Enrollment
452
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Trial is onging in other countries

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
September 16, 2019
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • People 70 years of age or older
  • Multimorbidity: 3 or more coexistent chronic conditions (either defined by 3 distinct ICD\-10 codes or based on clinical decision) with an estimated duration of 6 months or more or based on a clinical decision
  • Polypharmacy i.e. five or more different regular drugs (defined as authorised medications with registration numbers) for more than 30 days
  • If inpatient: Estimated minimal length of stay within the cluster is sufficient to apply the intervention
  • If outpatient: Prescribing physician has GP\-function and has a planned appointment to conduct intervention

Exclusion Criteria

  • Inability to provide informed consent or to obtain informed consent from a proxy for patients with cognitive impairment
  • Direct admission to palliative care (planned within \< 24 hours after index hospital admission or visit at the ambulatory clinic)
  • Has passed or is planned to pass a systematic structured drug review other than the study intervention during the index hospitalisation or stay at the ambulatory clinic or within the last two months

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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