Teamwork takedown: GPs and pharmacists join forces to curb risky pill use in seniors
NCT ID NCT05765656
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether having a general practitioner and pharmacist work together can help people aged 65 and older safely stop or reduce benzodiazepines (drugs for sleep or anxiety). These medications raise the risk of falls, confusion, and dementia in older adults. The trial will enroll 400 patients and use motivational interviews with pharmacists to support gradual dose reduction.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral intervention (GP-pharmacist collaboration and motivational interviewing)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical, team-based approach to safely reduce benzodiazepine use in older adults, potentially lowering risks of falls, confusion, and dementia.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial focused on feasibility and acceptance, not on health outcomes. The intervention may not change prescribing habits or patient behavior in real-world settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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65 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * outpatients aged 65 and over * followed by the general practitioner and the pharmacist of the GP-PO pair * having a prescription for an anxiolytic or hypnotic BZDR prescribed at least 4 times in the past year * the last prescription being less than 3 months old * having been dispensed monthly during the last 3 months * affiliated to a social security scheme * and having given consent to participate in the research. Exclusion Criteria: * patients living in an institution * participating in a clinical trial * with epilepsy * active depression * uncontrolled mental disorders * unable to participate in an interview or answer a questionnaire (demented, non-French speaking, illiterate, deaf, ...) * under guardianship * with a dystonic syndrome * and patients who are not sufficiently autonomous to carry out the steps inherent in the study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, 44093, France
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