MultiPAP Plus: Improving Prescription in Primary Care Patients With Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy (MultiPAP Plus)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04147130 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : October 31, 2019
Last Update Posted : March 31, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Multimorbidity Polypharmacy Comorbidities and Coexisting Conditions Clinical Decision-Support Systems | Other: MultiPAP Plus Other: Usual care | Not Applicable |
Design: Pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial with 18 months follow-up.
Unit of randomization: general practitioner.
Unit of analysis: patient.
Setting: Primary Health Care Centres in three different Spanish Autonomous Communities (Aragón, Madrid and Andalucía).
Population: Patients 65-74 years of age with multimorbidity (3 or more chronic diseases) and polypharmacy (5 or more drugs taken for at least three months). N=1234 patients (617 in each arm, 8 patients per physician) will be recruited by general practitioners before randomization.
Intervention: Complex intervention incorporating previous MultiPAP intervention (based on the ARIADNE principles with two main components: 1) Training of general practitioners and 2) Patient-centered clinical interview) And it adds a clinical-decision support system to help structured treatment-plan review.
Control group: usual care.
Variables: First level (Patient): a) Main: hospitalizations and/or mortality; b) Secondary: health services use, quality of life (Euroqol 5D-5L), disability (WHODAS), fractures, pharmacotherapy and adherence to treatment (Morisky-Green), clinical and socio-demographic. Second level (Physician): a) Socio-demographic. b) CDSS use: acceptance and satisfaction of health care provider use c) Professional background: time in the position, center characteristics and medical education involvement.
Analysis: All analyses will be carried out adhering to the intention-to-treat principle. Description of baseline characteristics. Basal comparison between groups. Analysis of primary outcome: difference in percentages in the final combined variable from 0 (T0) to 18 months (T3), with its corresponding 95% CI. Adjustement by main confounding and prognostic factors will be performed through a multilevel analysis.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1162 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Health Services Research |
Official Title: | Efectiveness of the MultiPAP Plus Intervention in Young-old Patients With Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy Aimed at Improving Prescription in Primary Care: Cluster RCT |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 18, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | August 31, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | August 31, 2023 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: MultiPAP Plus intervention
Complex intervention with general practitioners and patients
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Other: MultiPAP Plus
Complex intervention incorporating previous MultiPAP intervention (based on the ARIADNE principles with two main components: 1) Training of general practitioners and 2) Patient-centered clinical interview) And it adds a clinical-decision support system to help structured treatment-plan review. Other: Usual care Patients will receive the usual clinical care based on current clinical practice guidelines. |
Active Comparator: Usual care
Patients will recieve the usual clinical care
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Other: Usual care
Patients will receive the usual clinical care based on current clinical practice guidelines. |
- Hospitalizations and/or mortality [ Time Frame: From Baseline to Month 18 ]Difference in percentages in the final combined variable
- Hospitalizations and/or mortality (T2) [ Time Frame: From Baseline to Month 12 ]Difference in percentages in the final combined variable
- Therapeutic adherence questionnaire [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months ]Morisky-Green questionnaire. Dicotomous variable. Any wrong answer to any of the four questions would mean worse adherence
- Medication Safety: Potentially Drug-Drug interactions (DDI), Potentially Innappropiate Medication (PIM), Adverse Drug Reactions [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months ]Number of Potentially Drug-Drug interactions (DDI) per patient, Number of Potentially Innappropiate Medication (PIM) per patient, Number of Adverse Drug Reactions per patient
- Use of health services [ Time Frame: at 12 and at 18 months ]Number of Unscheduled and/or avoidable hospitalizations, number of visits to emergency services and primary care (Family Physician and nurse).
- Disability [ Time Frame: Baseline, 12 and 18 months ]World Health Organization Disabilty Assessment (WHODAS). 12-items abbreviated scale (0=No Difficulty, 1=Mild Difficulty, 2=Moderate Difficulty, 3=Severe Difficulty, and 4=Extreme Difficulty or Cannot Do). Maximum 48 points.
- Perceived Quality of Life: Euroqol 5D-5L questionnaire [ Time Frame: Baseline, 12 and 18 months ]
EQ5D is one of the most widely used health states descriptive system and has a valuation in Spain.
EQ-5D questionnaires have 5 dimensions: "Mobility", "Human Autonomy," "Current Activities", "Pain / Discomfort", "Anxiety / Depression" and all dimensions are described by 5 problem levels corresponding to patient response choices.
A quality of life score is obtained according to the answers to the questionnaires.
- System Usability Scale of the CDSS [ Time Frame: at 6 and 18 months. ]It consists of a 10 item questionnaire with five response options for respondents; from Strongly agree to Strongly disagree

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 65 Years to 74 Years (Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients 65-74 years of age with multimorbidity (3 or more chronic diseases) and polypharmacy (5 or more drugs taken for at least three months).
- Informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Institutionalized patient at nursing homes or similar
- Life expectancy < 12 months

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04147130
Spain | |
Servicio Andaluz de Salud | |
Málaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (IACS) | |
Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain | |
Gerencia Asistencial de Atención Primaria de Madrid | |
Madrid, Spain |
Principal Investigator: | Alexandra Prados-Torres, MD,PhD | Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (IACS) | |
Principal Investigator: | Daniel Prados-Torres, MD, PhD | Servicio Andaluz de Salud (Andaluz Health Service) | |
Principal Investigator: | Isabel Del Cura-González, MD,PhD | Gerencia Asistencial de Atención Primaria, Madrid |
Responsible Party: | Alexandra Prados Torres, Principal Investigator, MD, PhD, Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04147130 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PI 18/01303,18/01515,18/01812 |
First Posted: | October 31, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 31, 2022 |
Last Verified: | March 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Primary Health Care Medication Adherence Disability Patient-Centered Care Ariadne Principles |