Hospital pharmacists successfully work with the acute care team to stop home medications deemed no longer necessary

Impact of Deprescribing Rounds on Outpatient Prescriptions: An Interventional Trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN11751440

Enrollment

108

Registered

2017-09-06

Start date

2015-11-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-02-11

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Conditions

Polypharmacy Not Applicable Polypharmacy

Interventions

Participants are allocated to one of two arms. Allocation to the intervention arm or control arm is based on which clinical teaching unit (CTU) team the patient was admitted under, which alternated be

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. All males and females admitted under the Royal Jubilee Hospital Clinical Teaching Unit (RJH CTU) service 2. Taking at least 1 medication prior to admission 3. 19 years or older

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Not taking any medications prior to admission 2. Under the age of 19 years 3. Foreign language barriers 4. Not discharged from RJH CTU during study period

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The number of home medications discontinued upon hospital discharge is collected from standard CTU discharge documents and were evaluated four week intervals.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Hospital readmission or emergency department visits (to an Island Health facility) within 30 days of discharge was measured using study site patient management software at four week intervals 2. The proportion of medications remaining deprescribed at 30 days after discharge was measured through follow-up phone calls to participants at 30 days post discharge 3. Physician impressions of deprescribing rounds were elucidated through an anonymous, self-administered, web-based questionnaire web-based survey at four week intervals 4. Patient opinion of deprescribed medication/s were determined through follow-up phone questionnaire to participants at 30 days post discharge	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Hospital readmission or emergency department visits (to an Island Health facility) within 30 days of discharge was measured using study site patient management software at four week intervals 2. The proportion of medications remaining deprescribed at 30 days after discharge was measured through follow-up phone calls to participants at 30 days post discharge 3. Physician impressions of deprescribing rounds were elucidated through an anonymous, self-administered, web-based questionnaire web-based survey at four week intervals 4. Patient opinion of deprescribed medication/s were determined through follow-up phone questionnaire to participants at 30 days post discharge

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Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 4, 2026