Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI) on the Deprescription of Benzodiazepines and Related Substances in Adult Chronic Drug Users
NCT ID: NCT06446349
Last Updated: 2024-12-11
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
300 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-12-02
2026-12-01
Brief Summary
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Two primary objectives will be evaluated in a sequential hierarchical manner, with two primary endpoints analysed one after the other, without alpha risk adjustment, but the second can only be analysed if the null hypothesis is rejected for the first:
1. Evaluate the impact of brief motivational intervention (BMI) on reducing the daily dose of BZD/Z prescribed at 6 months (superiority hypothesis) compared with the usual practice of dispensing BZD/Z in pharmacies.
2. Evaluate the impact of BMI on clinical worsening at 6 months (non-inferiority hypothesis) in comparison with the usual practice of dispensing BZD/Z in pharmacies.
Detailed Description
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All countries agree on the need to limit the length of time these drugs are prescribed because of the rapid inversion of the benefit/risk ratio in the case of prolonged and continuous prescribing (rapid loss of efficacy due to the tolerance effect associated with the occurrence of adverse effects.
A number of public health initiatives have been taken in France to reduce the initiation or continued use of long-term BZD/Z prescriptions, including information for healthcare professionals about the risks, pictograms on drug packaging, directives from the health authorities, incentives offered by the Assurance Maladie and regulatory measures to control prescribing. Alongside these measures, various types of psychosocial intervention are specifically aimed at deprescribing, defined as a clinically supervised process of stopping or reducing the dose of drugs when they cause harm or when the potential risks outweigh the benefits. These strategies have been evaluated for several years, ranging from brief interventions in the form of letters, self-support manuals and targeted consultations, to more complex psychotherapeutic interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or pharmacological interventions.
Although complex interventions such as structured educational programmes or 3rd wave CBT have been shown to be effective in reducing long-term BZD/Z use, particularly in the elderly, they are often too long and complex to be implemented on a large scale, particularly in primary care, and all the more so in a context of increasing shortage of specialists. Brief interventions, which are both more realistic and functional, have been shown to be effective in reducing and stopping long-term use of BZD/Z at 6 and 12 months post-intervention. At the same time, very few studies have involved the active participation of pharmacy professionals. Yet the involvement of pharmacists would optimise prescribing, and a simple psychoeducation action carried out in pharmacies would have an economic impact. With a view to the shift to ambulatory care centred on the structuring of care pathways, increasing the skills of local pharmacists, as part of a multiprofessional coordination strategy, is a response to the requirements of the law modernising the French healthcare system, while offering a simple and pragmatic intervention model for patients whose prescriptions need to be optimised.
In this study, the investigators propose to evaluate the impact of identification combined with a brief motivational intervention in pharmacies (BMI) targeting the deprescription of BZD/Z in adult patients with long-term prescriptions (≥ 6 months).
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
NONE
Study Groups
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Brief motivational intervention
identification followed by a brief motivational intervention in pharmacies (BMI) based on the mobilisation of patients' psychosocial skills and the integration of tools to help reduce consumption of BZD/Z prescribed over the long term (≥ 6 months).
Brief motivational intervention
identification followed by a brief motivational intervention in pharmacies (BMI) based on the mobilisation of patients' psychosocial skills and the integration of tools to help reduce consumption of BZD/Z prescribed over the long term (≥ 6 months).
Control
Standard of care in case of benzodiazepine prescription
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Brief motivational intervention
identification followed by a brief motivational intervention in pharmacies (BMI) based on the mobilisation of patients' psychosocial skills and the integration of tools to help reduce consumption of BZD/Z prescribed over the long term (≥ 6 months).
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Signed informed consent
* Patient able to understand the survey and complete a questionnaire in French.
* Affiliation with the French social security system
Exclusion Criteria
* The following oral antipsychotics: risperidone, olanzapine, aripiprazole, quetiapine, clozapine, haloperidol, flupentixol, pimozide, chlorpromazine, sulpiride, zuclopenthixol, loxapine, cyamemazine (\>100mg/D), sulpiride (\>150mg/D),
* Injectable medium- and long-acting antipsychotics
* Thymoregulatory treatment with lithium
* Treatments for alcohol use disorders: baclofen, nalmefene, naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram
* Opiate substitution treatments: buprenorphine, methadone
* Anti-epileptic drugs
* History of convulsions or epilepsy
* History of gabaergic withdrawal accidents: delirium tremens, confusional syndrome requiring specialist treatment (hospitalisation, specialist consultation), epileptic seizures, etc.
* Patients suffering from cancer
* Persons referred to in articles L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the French Public Health Code (corresponding to all protected persons: pregnant women, women in childbirth, nursing mothers, persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision, persons subject to a legal protection measure).
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University Hospital, Grenoble
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Lucie PENNEL, MD,PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University Hospital, Grenoble
Locations
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Pharmacie Riffard Annonay
Annonay, , France
Pharmacie du Village
Auriol, , France
Pharmacie des Champs Dolent
Beauvais, , France
Pharmacie Troisgros
Cap-d'Ail, , France
Pharmacie des Fontanilles
Castelnaudary, , France
Pharmacie Dolus d'Oléron
Dolus-d'Oléron, , France
Pharmacie de Dommartin
Dommartin, , France
Pharmacie du Mont Guillaume
Embrun, , France
Ma Pharmacie Evenos
Évenos, , France
Pharmacie du Pog
Lavelanet, , France
Pharmacie de Lentilly
Lentilly, , France
Pharmacie Thomas
Ludres, , France
Pharmacie Saint Pierre Marignane
Marignane, , France
Pharmacie Milan Saint-Giniez
Marseille, , France
Pharmacie de la Sèvre
Moncoutant, , France
Pharmacie de St georges
Saint-Georges-de-Reineins, , France
Pharmacie du Théâtre
Saint-Omer, , France
Pharmacie du Château
Saint-Porchaire, , France
Pharmacie Labarrière
Savigné-l'Évêque, , France
Pharmacie de l'Ermitage
Villemoisson-sur-Orge, , France
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Jean-Michel RIFFARD, PharmD
Role: primary
Morgane KERVEGANT, PharmD
Role: primary
Jean-Philippe EQUINET, PharmD
Role: primary
Elisabeth TROISGROS, PharmD
Role: primary
Isabelle SIBRA, PharmD
Role: primary
Agnès LALIS, PharmD
Role: primary
Luc MARCHAND, PharmD
Role: primary
Xavier BONO, PharmD
Role: primary
Nathalie DEBORD, PharmD
Role: primary
Fabrice PERILHOU, PharmD
Role: primary
Olivier DESCOUT, PharmD
Role: primary
Adrien Thomas, PharmD
Role: primary
Aurore ALLIONE, PharmD
Role: primary
Virginie ZURECKI, PharmD
Role: primary
Estelle DELABROYE, PharmD
Role: primary
Philippe BRUGERE, PharmD
Role: primary
Jean-Philippe SILVIE, PharmD
Role: primary
Alexandre PEYRIDIEUX, PharmD
Role: primary
Hervé LABARRIERE, PharmD
Role: primary
Mélanie SAROT, PharmD
Role: primary
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2023-A01747-38
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
38RC23.0198
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id