Status:
RECRUITING
Optimizing Prescribing Decisions for Hospitalized Older Adults With Chronic Conditions
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pittsburgh
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Prescribing Decisions
Diabetes
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to learn if providing a clinical decision framework for managing older adults chronic conditions during hospitalization to inpatient clinicians improves clinic...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Clinician Participants:
- Attending clinicians who practice on the general medicine or hospital medicine service at UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Montefiore, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Mercy, or UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital campuses.
- Practicing on the general medicine or hospital medicine service. This population may include physicians with training in general internal medicine, hospital medicine, family practice, internal medicine subspecialities, as well as advance practice clinicians.
Exclusion
- Anticipating leaving current clinical position within next 3 months
- Less than 4 weeks of inpatient attending service scheduled within 3 months of recruitment
- Patient Participants:
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult aged 65 years or older who are hospitalized under the care of a participating clinician and discharged home.
- Eligible patients must recieve at least one cardiometabolic medication change at hospital discharge (can include new medication starts, stops, or dose changes). Cardiometabolic medications include any class of antihypertensive, lipid lowering, anti-platelet, or glucose lowering medications regardless of indication for use.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 13 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 30 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06605807
Start Date
November 13 2025
End Date
June 30 2026
Last Update
December 2 2025
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213