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Study identifier: NCT06731361 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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Improved Prescribing for Older Nursing Home Patients

Condition: Nursing Home Residents · Older People · Prescribing  ·  Sponsor: Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc

PhaseNA
Planned participants450
Who can joinAll sexes, 65 Years to no upper limit
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

Research aim: To investigate the effect of training health care professionals in medication assessments on the medication use of nursing home residents with a limited life expectancy (\< 1.5-2 years). The core of the training is to tailor medication use to (palliative) treatment goals of nursing home residents. Design: A cluster randomized controlled trial on long term care wards in nursing homes, with the nursing home care organisations as unit of randomisation. The investigators intent to include 6 organisations and 450 nursing home patients. The research starts in september and lasts 1 year and 3 months. Eligible patients are nursing home patients of 65 years and older with a limited life expectancy (\< 1.5-2 year) of long term care wards. Intervention: The intervention includes a method in which healthcare professionals (medical practitioner, pharmacist and care worker) are trained to tailor medication to the (palliative) treatment goals of nursing home patients with a limited life expectancy. The training consists of 2 components: 1) medication assessment, and 2) advance care planning (ACP). In the intervention group, healthcare professionals receive the training in combination with supporting tools and educational materials, in the control group care continues as normal. The allocation ratio for control and intervention groups is 1:1. A process evaluation will take place simultaneously with the intervention study. Data collection takes place before the start of th…

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Talk to the study team

Marlies Dijk, MD  ·  020-4445785  ·  m.dijk5@amsterdamumc.nl

Eefje Sizoo, MD, PhD  ·  020-4445785  ·  e.sizoo@amsterdamumc.nl

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Locations (7)

Zorggroep Apeldoorn, location Randerode, De Hofstede and De WindkanterApeldoorn, Gelderland, NetherlandsActive Not Recruiting
Zorggroep Noordwest-Veluwe, locaties Weideheem en de ArcadeHarderwijk, Gelderland, NetherlandsActive Not Recruiting
Cordaan, location Nieuw VredenburghAmsterdam, North Holland, NetherlandsRecruiting
Amaris, Location Alporti and RubinaHilversum, North Holland, NetherlandsActive Not Recruiting
AxionContinu, location Isselwaerde and de SchutseIJsselstein, Utrecht, NetherlandsRecruiting
Zorgspectrum, location de PlataanVianen, Utrecht, NetherlandsRecruiting
Dignis, location de VeldspaatGroningen, NetherlandsActive Not Recruiting

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