Status:

COMPLETED

Engaging Patients to Promote Deprescribing

Lead Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Conditions:

Medical Overuse

Inappropriate Prescribing

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

One mechanism to reduce potentially inappropriate medications is through deprescribing, a deimplementation-based approach to thoughtfully discontinue a medication a patient is currently prescribed. Ma...

Detailed Description

Background - Despite multiple provider- and system-level interventions to reduce potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), many Veterans are still prescribed drugs that provide little benefit, pla...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Veteran with a Primary Care appointment at one of three Veteran Affairs Medical Centers (including Community Based Outpatient Clinics)
  • PPI Cohort:
  • \>90 consecutive days of PPI at any dose
  • Diabetes Cohorts:
  • HbA1c \<7%
  • At least one of Age \>65 years
  • Renal impairment
  • Cognitive impairment
  • either \>90 consecutive days insulin or sulfonylurea or \>90 consecutive days of \>2 DM medications (neither of which is insulin or sulfonylurea)
  • Gaba Cohort:
  • \>90 consecutive days with total daily dose \>1800mg

Exclusion

  • PPI Cohort Exclusions:
  • Diagnosis warranting PPI treatment
  • Medication warranting PPI treatment
  • Gaba Cohort Exclusions:
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Seizure disorder
  • and/or Cancer-related pain

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 29 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 7 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

5946 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04294901

Start Date

March 29 2021

End Date

October 7 2023

Last Update

May 18 2025

Active Locations (4)

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1

San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, California, United States, 94121

2

VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02130

3

VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, Leeds, MA

Leeds, Massachusetts, United States, 01053-9764

4

James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY

The Bronx, New York, United States, 10468