Optimization of Drug Prescriptions in the Care Pathway for the Elderly, With the Final Objective of Reducing the Iatrogenic Risk

Launched by CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE, AMIENS · Sep 7, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

The IATROPREV project is a clinical trial aimed at improving how medications are prescribed for elderly patients, particularly those who are taking multiple drugs. The goal is to reduce the risks that can come from taking too many medications or from interactions between them. This trial, taking place in the Hauts-de-France region, involves collaboration between hospitals, healthcare professionals, and local health authorities to better coordinate care and share important information about patients' medications.

To participate in this trial, individuals need to be hospitalized in a geriatric medicine department and may have experienced problems related to their medications during their hospital stay. This includes situations where multiple changes to their drugs were made, or where new medications could interact with existing ones. Participants can expect to be part of a process that looks closely at their prescriptions and care, with the aim of ensuring their treatments are safer and more effective. It's important to note that only patients currently hospitalized in the geriatric department can join the study.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • patient hospitalized in the geriatric medicine department
• • Potential involvement of a drug in hospitalization or potential or proven iatrogenic event during hospitalization;
• • Numerous therapeutic modifications (3 or more);
• • Drug interaction or introction of a new drug with one or more drug interactions;
• • Medicinal product with a narrow therapeutic marge drug requiring close monitoring.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • patient non hospitalized in the geriatric medicine department