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Reduction of the long-term use of proton pump inhibitors by a patient-oriented electronic decision support tool (arriba-PPI): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Anja Rieckert, Annette Becker, Norbert Donner-Banzhof, Annika Viniol, Bettina Bücker, Stefan Wilm, Andreas Sönnichsen, Anne Barzel

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Article in Trials, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  3. Approach to the Patient Considering Thyroid Hormone Deprescribing.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Anja RieckertInstitute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448, Witten, Germany. Anja.Rieckert@uni-wh.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9735-378X
Annette BeckerDepartment of General Medicine, Preventive and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch Str. 4, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Norbert Donner-BanzhofDepartment of General Medicine, Preventive and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch Str. 4, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Annika ViniolDepartment of General Medicine, Preventive and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch Str. 4, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Bettina BückerInstitute of General Practice, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Stefan WilmInstitute of General Practice, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Andreas SönnichsenDepartment of General Practice and Family Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15/I, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Anne BarzelInstitute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448, Witten, Germany.
Philipps University of Marburg · DEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEWitten/Herdecke University · DEMedical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

Innovationsfond (DE) 01VSF17025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are increasingly being prescribed, although long-term use is associated with multiple side effects. Therefore, an electronic decision support tool with the aim of reducing the long-term use of PPIs in a shared decision-making process between general practitioners (GPs) and their patients has been developed. The developed tool is a module that can be added to the so-called arriba decision support tool, which is already used by GPs in Germany in routine care. In this large-scale cluster-randomized controlled trial we evaluate the effectiveness of this arriba-PPI tool.

methodsThe arriba-PPI tool is an electronic decision support system that supports shared decision-making and evidence-based decisions around the long-term use of PPIs at the point of care. The tool will be evaluated in a cluster-randomized controlled trial involving 210 GP practices and 3150 patients in Germany. GP practices will be asked to recruit 20 patients aged ≥ 18 years regularly taking PPIs for ≥ 6 months. After completion of patient recruitment, each GP practice with enrolled patients will be cluster-randomized. Intervention GP practices will get access to the software arriba-PPI, whereas control GPs will treat their patients as usual. After an observation period of six months, GP practices will be compared regarding the reduction of cumulated defined daily doses of PPI prescriptions per patient. DISCUSSION: Our principal hypothesis is that the application of the arriba-PPI tool can reduce PPI prescribing in primary care by at least 15% compared to conventional strategies used by GPs. A positive result implies the implementation of the arriba-PPI tool in routine care.

trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register, DRKS00016364. Registered on 31 January 2019.

Indexed as

Decision Support Systems, ClinicalDecision Support TechniquesDeprescriptionsProton Pump InhibitorsTherapy, Computer-AssistedClinical Decision-MakingDecision Making, SharedDrug Administration ScheduleGeneral PractitionersGermanyHealth CommunicationHumansMulticenter Studies as TopicPhysician-Patient RelationsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTime FactorsProton Pump InhibitorsComputerized clinical decision support systemDeprescribingEvidence-based medicineGeneral practitionerProton pump inhibitors

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PMCPMC6868794
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