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NCT04270474Completed

Reducing Risk of Dementia Through Deprescribing

Reducing Risk of Dementia Through Deprescribing (R2D2)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

A cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) called "Reducing Risk of Dementia through Deprescribing" (R2D2) to evaluate the impact of a deprescribing intervention on important cognitive and safety outcomes.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
344 (actual)
First submitted
10 Feb 2020
Start date
20 Jul 2020
Primary completion date
29 Jul 2026
Lead sponsor
Indiana University
NCT number
NCT04270474

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 344
  • From 20 Jul 2020 to the primary completion date, 29 Jul 2026
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or schizoaffective disorder defined by International Classification of Diseases (ICD) version 9/10 codes
  • Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease or Related Dementia as determined by (a), (b), or (c) below:
    • ICD-9/10 codes, or
    • Current use of a medication for Alzheimer's Disease or a Related Dementia, or
    • A pattern of responses to the Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) that indicate dementia (i.e., ≥ 3 FAQ items are scored at "requires assistance," or if ≥ 1 FAQ item is scored at "dependent").

Other

  • Permanent resident of an extended care facility (nursing home)

Who the study is looking for

  • Age 65 and older;
  • At least one office visit to their primary care physician within the previous 12 months;
  • Use of a target anticholinergic medication within the last two weeks OR medical record evidence of exposure to target anticholinergic medications at or above a cognitive risk threshold in the prior 12 months
  • Able to communicate in English;
  • Access to a telephone

Age in the registry: 65 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Community Health Network Foundation, Inc.
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
IndianapolisUnited StatesUnknown status
Indiana University Health
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
IndianapolisUnited StatesUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.