NCT06095284
Prescribing Trends and Associated Outcomes of Antiepileptic Drugs in US Nursing Homes Surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic
Enrolling by Invitation
Not specifiedAges 21+ObservationalVirginia Commonwealth UniversityInvestigator-initiated
~22,500,000 participants
Updated 2025-10-30 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Pre-Extraction PhaseExtraction PhasePost-Extraction Phase
At a glance
Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Quarterly rate of use and mean dose of AEDs in US nursing homes
Measured over The years 2009 to 2021
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesVirginia1
Study leadership
- Jonathan Winter · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Virginia Commonwealth University
Who to contact
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Eligibility criteria
Inclusion
All long-stay nursing home residents will be included. We define long-stay nursing home residents as all individuals residing in a nursing facility place of service for more than 100 days
All nursing home clinicians prescribing psychoactive drugs will be included.
Exclusion
Limited to nursing home residents with continuous fee-for-service or Medicare Advantage plans as well as continuous Part D coverage.
Residents without continuous fee-for-service insurance (less than 3 percent of nursing home population) will be excluded.
Less than 0.2% of nursing home residents are children; still, this study will be restricted to those \> 21 years of age.
Nursing home residents who are discharged before the end of the quarterly study periods will also be excluded.
Residents with discharges for acute hospitalizations followed by facility reentry on the same record will not be excluded.
Non-prescribing clinicians and clinicians that do not prescribe psychoactive medications will be excluded.
What this trial measures
- Quarterly rate of use and mean dose of AEDs in US nursing homesThe years 2009 to 2021
Quarterly rate of use and mean dose of AEDs in US nursing homes 2009-2021