NCT07890129Completed
Stopping Blood Pressure Medications Without Tapering in Long-Term Care
Deprescribing Antihypertensives Without a Taper in Long-term Care Facilities: A Quasi-experimental Pre-post Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Blood pressure medications may provide limited benefit and cause side effects in frail older adults. It is unclear how best to stop these medications. Guidelines often recommend gradually reducing the dose, but this process can be time-consuming. This study examined the feasibility of stopping blood pressure medications without gradually reducing the dose in long-term care residents with low blood pressure. Eligible residents had their medication stopped and were monitored for four weeks.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 11 (actual)
- First submitted
- 18 Oct 2026
- Start date
- 1 Jun 2025
- Primary completion date
- 30 Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alberta
- Diseases
- High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT07890129
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 11
- From 1 Jun 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Nov 2025
- 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
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Other illness
- Diagnosis of congestive heart failure
- Use of antihypertensives for indications other than hypertension
Other
- Hospitalization at the time of selection of participants
- Physician or participant/substitute decision maker opt out
Who the study is looking for
- Taking at least 1 daily antihypertensive medication
- Average systolic blood pressure \< 130 mmHg
Age in the registry: 80 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carewest Colonel Belcher Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Calgary | Canada | Unknown status |
| Benevolence Care Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Unknown status |
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