Deprescribing in Patients Living with Dementia with Caregiver and Provider Nudges

Description

The objectives of this study are to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a deprescribing nudge intervention using pragmatic methods, confirm that outcomes can be feasibly measured and evaluated at scale in a subsequent embedded pragmatic clinical trial (ePCT), and explore representativeness of persons living with dementia and care partners identified.

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The objectives of this study are to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a deprescribing nudge intervention using pragmatic methods, confirm that outcomes can be feasibly measured and evaluated at scale in a subsequent embedded pragmatic clinical trial (ePCT), and explore representativeness of persons living with dementia and care partners identified.

Deprescribing in Patients Living with Dementia with Caregiver and Provider Nudges

Deprescribing in Patients Living with Dementia with Caregiver and Provider Nudges

Condition
Alzheimer Disease
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

Mass General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02120

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Providers within Brigham and Women's Hospital primary care practices
  • * Having prescribed at least one of the high-risk medications of interest

Ages Eligible for Study

65 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Julie Lauffenburger, PharmD, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Record Dates

2025-07-31