Reduction of inappropriate medication and adverse drug events in older patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Reduction of polypharmacy in elderly patients; Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

• Registration Number: ISRCTN38449870
• Lead Sponsor: Council of Health Service of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano ? South Tyrol (Italy)

Brief Summary

2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33743582/ (added 22/03/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-09-30
• Study Completion: 2016-12-01
• Last Update Posted: 2 August 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 622

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged over 74 years
2. Taking eight or more drugs

Exclusion Criteria

1. Life expectancy assumed to be less than three months
2. Advanced cancer
3. Ongoing chemotherapy and/or therapeutic radiation
4. Severe dementia
5. Patients not able to give informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified