A Patient-facing Tool to Reduce Opioid-Psychotropic Polypharmacy in People Living With Dementia (PLWD)

The goal of this project is to address central nervous system-active polypharmacy (CNS polyRx) in people living with dementia (PLWD) through focus groups and an educational intervention. The project included three interconnected aims and engaged PLWD, care partners (CP), and clinicians. Aim 1 consisted of focus group discussions with PLWD and CPs, conducted to inform the development of the educational intervention. This aim was not considered a clinical trial. Therefore, this registration covers Aims 2 and 3, which constitute the clinical trial components. These included mailing the educational "nudge" intervention to PLWD and conducting qualitative interviews with clinicians. No care partners were involved in Aims 2 and 3. The study hypothesizes that the total standardized daily dosage (TSDD) of medication classes contributing to CNS polyRx will decrease from baseline to 4 months among participants receiving the intervention.