Attitudes Towards Deprescribing Medications in Cancer Patients and Impact of Educational Intervention by a Clinical Pharmacist

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

120

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 13, 2025

Primary Completion Date

January 30, 2026

Study Completion Date

April 30, 2026

Conditions
Cancer Patients in Palliative Care with Chronic Use of Non-oncologic Medications
Interventions
OTHER

Educational intervention by a clinical pharmacist

All participants will respond to two questionnaires, both validated in Romanian and some demographic information. One is the rPATD questionnaire that investigate attitudes towards deprescribing of medication and the other one is the HLS-EU-Q16 that investigates medical literacy of participants. After completion, the clinical pharmacist will give a brochure and a video about the process of deprescribing, information about the efficacy and the adverse reactions of medicines and the role of pacient in treatment decision. When participants come to another cancer treatment (after 14 , 21 or 28 days), the rPATD will be completed again.

Trial Locations (1)

430031

Constantin Opris Emergency County Hospital, Baia Mare

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

OTHER