An Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool to Reduce Low-value Antipsychotic Prescriptions
NCT ID: NCT04851691
Last Updated: 2024-09-19
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COMPLETED
NA
158 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-08-03
2023-08-14
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Objective: This study will measure the impact of a multi-pronged electronic health record (EHR) clinical decision support (CDS) tool intervention to reduce physician prescriptions of new antipsychotic medications among older adults with ADRD.
Design, Setting, and Participants: Utilizing a pragmatic parallel cluster-randomized trial design, the study will randomize eligible physicians from a large urban academic medical center to either receive an EHR CDS tool (intervention) or not (control) when they prescribe a new antipsychotic medication during a visit with a patient with ADRD. The intervention will include three components: (1) alerts the prescriber that antipsychotic prescriptions increase mortality; (2) offers non-pharmacological behavioral resources for caregivers; and if the prescriber does not cancel the order (3) auto-defaults the prescription to contain the lowest dose and number of pills (n=30) without refills. In addition, the PI will email all providers randomized to the intervention arm in order to make them aware of the components of this intervention and its motivation. Acknowledging the clinical complexity of this vulnerable patient population, the multidisciplinary study team attempted to design the intervention to maximize impact while minimizing clinician burden. Over a one-year timeframe, the study team will compare the cumulative total of new antipsychotic pill-days prescribed (primary outcome) by physicians in the intervention group versus in the control group.
Hypothesis: This pragmatic trial will advance understanding of how a multi-pronged EHR CDS tool can potentially reduce harmful, low-value care among older adults with ADRD.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
SINGLE
Study Groups
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EHR CDS tool
Patients with an encounter in which the physician attempts to place an order for a new antipsychotic prescription. Physician has been assigned to the EHR CDS tool.
Multi-pronged electronic health record (EHR) clinical decision support (CDS) tool intervention to reduce physician prescriptions of new antipsychotic medications among older adults with ADRD
EHR CDS
When a clinician initiates a new antipsychotic prescription for a patient with dementia, a three-pronged electronic health record clinical decision support tool "pops up": (1) Alerting clinicians that antipsychotic prescriptions increase patient mortality; (2) Offering non-pharmacological behavioral resources for caregivers via a link to the IDEA! strategy resources on how caregivers can best manage a patient's behavioral disturbance non-pharmacologically, which will be available in the EHR to include in the patient's after visit summary; and (3) Defaulting prescriptions to a low supply of pills in to order to minimize harm. In addition, the PI will email all providers randomized to the intervention arm in order to make them aware of the components of this intervention and its motivation.
Control
Patients with an encounter in which the physician attempts to place an order for a new antipsychotic prescription. Physician has been assigned to the control.
Physicians will not receive intervention and perform duties as usual.
Usual Care
Patients will receive usual care from their physicians.
Interventions
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EHR CDS
When a clinician initiates a new antipsychotic prescription for a patient with dementia, a three-pronged electronic health record clinical decision support tool "pops up": (1) Alerting clinicians that antipsychotic prescriptions increase patient mortality; (2) Offering non-pharmacological behavioral resources for caregivers via a link to the IDEA! strategy resources on how caregivers can best manage a patient's behavioral disturbance non-pharmacologically, which will be available in the EHR to include in the patient's after visit summary; and (3) Defaulting prescriptions to a low supply of pills in to order to minimize harm. In addition, the PI will email all providers randomized to the intervention arm in order to make them aware of the components of this intervention and its motivation.
Usual Care
Patients will receive usual care from their physicians.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients with Parkinson's disease on their problem list
* Patients who have been prescribed antipsychotics in the prior 12 months
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Institute on Aging (NIA)
NIH
University of California, Los Angeles
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Catherine A. Sarkisian
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Catherine A Sarkisian, MD, MSPH
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of California, Los Angeles
Locations
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UCLA Health
Los Angeles, California, United States
Countries
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References
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