Appropriate Polypharmacy in Older People in Primary Care

Launched by QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, BELFAST · Nov 26, 2019

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ClinConnect Summary

Design: We will perform a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial where 12 GP practices will be randomly assigned (6 GP practices per arm) to the intervention group versus usual care. Randomisation will be stratified according to location (Northern Ireland /Republic of Ireland - Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan and Sligo). GP practices will be randomly allocated to the intervention or usual care arm after patient screening and recruitment. A total of 120 patients (60 per study arm, approximately 10 patients, randomly selected, per GP practice) will be enrolled into the study.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients must be ≥70 years
• • Patients must be receiving four or more regular medicines
• • Patients must be resident in the community
• • Patients must be in receipt of a valid general medical services (GMS) card in the Republic of Ireland, or in the case of Northern Ireland patients, registered for NHS primary care services
• • Patients must be registered with and/or regularly attending the practice for a minimum of 12 months
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Care home residents
• • Patients who are cognitively impaired
• • Patients with a terminal illness
• • Involved in other Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) or medicines management studies