# Effects of Communication Training to Involve Older People in Decisions to DEPRESCRIBE Cardiometabolic Medication: a Cluster-randomized Trial in Primary Care

> **NCT05507177** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University Medical Center Groningen** · enrollment: 310 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Deprescriptions
- Polypharmacy
- Primary Health Care
- Community Pharmacy Services
- Decision Making, Shared

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** communication training programme for healthcare providers

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05507177
- **Lead sponsor:** University Medical Center Groningen
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2023-01-07
- **Primary completion:** 2025-11-06
- **Final completion:** 2026-01-13
- **Target enrollment:** 310 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-02


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05507177

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05507177, "Effects of Communication Training to Involve Older People in Decisions to DEPRESCRIBE Cardiometabolic Medication: a Cluster-randomized Trial in Primary Care". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05507177. Licensed CC0.

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