The Intervention study for Medication assist provided by pharmacist for the elderly with polypharmacy (1)

The Intervention study for Medication assist provided by pharmacist for the elderly with polypharmacy (1) - IMPROVE study (The Intervention study for medication assist provided by pharmacist for the elderly with polypharmacy)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000033814

Enrollment

Registered

2018-10-01

Start date

2018-03-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Polypharmacy

Interventions

Prescription review for deprescribing by pharmacist-led Multi-occupation collaboration Usual care

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Person who taking more than 5 medications Person who agree to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Cancer (palliative care) patients Psychiatric disorders Patients who have already reviewed the prescription Patients judged inappropriate by the facility manager

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of drugs prescribed	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Number of PIMs prescribed Patient proportion who was reduced one or more medication without problems Patient proportion who was reduced one or more PIM without problems Medication adherence ADL score Frequency of occurrence of drug adverse events Quality of Life score Drug cost	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMitsuko Onda

Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Social and Administrative Pharmacy

onda@gly.oups.ac.jp+81-72-690-1059

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026