Romskaug 2017.

Trial name or title	Cooperation between geriatricians and general practitioners for improved pharmacotherapy in home‐dwelling elderly people receiving polypharmacy – the COOP Study
Methods	Cluster‐randomised, single‐blind, controlled trial
Participants	Quote: “The patients must be 70 years or older, use at least seven different medications and have their medications administered by the home nursing service”
Interventions	Quote: “The intervention consists of three main parts: (1) clinical geriatric assessment of the patient, combined with a thorough review of their medications; (2) a meeting between the geriatrician and general practitioner, where the two physicians combine their competence and knowledge and discuss the drug list systematically; (3) clinical follow‐up, depending on the medication changes that have been done”
Outcomes	Quote: “The primary outcome measure is health‐related quality of life according to the 15D instrument. Secondary outcome measures include physical and cognitive functioning, medication appropriateness (MAI), falls, carer burden, use of health services (hospital or nursing home admissions, use of home nursing services) and mortality”
Starting date	March 2015
Contact information	Rita Romskaug Department of Geriatric medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway ritulf@gmail.com
Notes	NCT02379455 Intervention phase ongoing