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DementiaNCT04287738

Care Ecosystem: Navigating Patients and Families Through Stages of Care, Extension Trial

A study testing Navigated Care in people with Dementia and Alzheimer Disease, run by University of California, San Francisco.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This is an extension trial of a prior trial (NCT02213458). Both persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers were enrolled as dyads. The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate the benefits of a program that supports model care for PWD and their caregivers. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Vascular
What is being tested?
Navigated Care
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
912 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
20 Mar 2015to 20 May 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patient has a diagnosis of dementia with a progressive course
  • Patient has a primary caregiver (identified as having primary responsibility for patient) that is eligible for and agrees to join the study
  • Patient is covered by Medicare or Medi-caid or is Medi-pending
  • Patient is expected to live at least 3 months based on assessment by the referring provider, the patient's primary care provider, or medical record review
  • Patient speaks English, Cantonese, or Spanish
  • Patient lives in California or Nebraska or Iowa
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  • Patient is age 45 or older
  • Caregiver has primary responsibility for dementia patient that is eligible for and agrees to join the study
  • Caregiver speaks English, Cantonese, or Spanish
  • Caregiver is a legal adult
  • Zarit-12 caregiver burden score greater than or equal to 17 at pre-randomization (baseline); this criteria is specific to this extension trial

Who cannot join

  • Patient resides in a nursing home or skilled nursing facility at time of enrollment
  • Participant is enrolled in a similar clinical trial that precludes their participation in the investigator's trial
  • Patient is pregnant

About this study

This is an extension trial of a prior trial (NCT02213458). Both persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers were enrolled as dyads. The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate the benefits of a program that supports model care for PWD and their caregivers. Whereas the prior trial only delivered care and examined outcomes up to 12-months, this trial extends care and outcome measurement for 5 years or until death, and includes all dyads where the caregiver reported high caregiver burden (Zarit-12 greater than or equal to 17) at pre-randomization baseline for the original trial. Participants were recruited from California, Nebraska and Iowa. Participants determined to be eligible were consented and randomized into one of two groups. Two thirds of dyads were enrolled into Navigated Care that provided them with phone-based assistance in meeting important benchmarks in their care, for example completion of legal and financial planning and strategies for minimizing caregiver burden. One third of dyads were enrolled to a control group, entitled Survey of Care. Outcomes were unchanged from the original trial except for the addition of time to long term care placement and are detailed below.

Being tested
Navigated Care
Keywords
Pragmatic Clinical Trial, Family Caregivers, Patient Care Management
Medical subject headings
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Vascular, Lewy Body Disease, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Memory Disorders

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Navigated CareBehavioural

    Telephone-based collaborative dementia care was delivered by a trained care team navigator, who provided education, support and care coordination with a team of dementia specialists (advanced practice nurse, social worker, and pharmacist). For more details, please see references below.

Study groups in NCT04287738
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Navigated CareExperimentalTelephone-based collaborative dementia care navigation
Receives: Behavioral: Navigated Care
Survey of CareNo interventionControl group that will receive usual care and undergo the same regular assessments as patients enrolled in Navigated Care

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change in Quality of Life - AD (Alzheimer's Disease)

    An established 13-item measure, with a 1-4 ordinal scale for each item, to obtain a rating of the patient's quality of life from the caregiver. Item scores are summed for a total score ranging from 13-52, with higher scores representing better quality of life

    Measured: From baseline to 60 months

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Change in Health Care Utilization

    Health care utilization based upon caregiver survey to assess emergency department, hospitalization, and ambulance use rates. Measures number of times utilized, with higher scores indicating a worse outcome. To be confirmed using Medicare claims data.

    Measured: From baseline to 60 months

  2. Change in Zarit Burden Interview (short version).

    An established 12-item measure, with a 0-4 ordinal scale for each item, to measure caregiver burden. Item scores are summed for a total score ranging from 0-48, with higher scores representing higher levels of burden.

    Measured: From baseline to 60 months

  3. Change in Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PhQ-9).

    An established 9-item measure administered to the caregiver. Higher scores represent more severe caregiver depression

    Measured: From baseline to 60 months

  4. Change in Caregiver Self-Efficacy: 1-5 ordinal scale

    A novel 4-item measure on a 1-5 ordinal scale to measure self-efficacy around dementia caregiving. Higher scores represent greater self-efficacy

    Measured: From baseline to 60 months

  5. Time to Long Term Care Placement

    Number of days post randomization until nursing home or assisted living placement, excluding temporary stays

    Measured: From date of baseline survey to immediately following long term care placement, assessed up to 60 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Feb 2020
  2. Study start20 Mar 2015
  3. Primary completion20 May 2022
  4. Study completion20 May 2022

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
912 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04287738
Sponsor's protocol ID
1R01AG056715-01
Other IDs
1R01AG056715-01
Status last verified
Nov 2023
First submitted
24 Jan 2020
Last updated
18 Nov 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Guterman EL, Kiekhofer RE, Wood AJ, Allen IE, Kahn JG, Dulaney S, Merrilees JJ, Lee K, Chiong W, Bonasera SJ, Braley TL, Hunt LJ, Harrison KL, Miller BL, Possin KL. Care Ecosystem Collaborative Model and Health Care Costs in Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Nov 1;183(11):1222-1228. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.4764.

    PubMed 37721734
  • Liu AK, Possin KL, Cook KM, Lynch S, Dulaney S, Merrilees JJ, Braley T, Kiekhofer RE, Bonasera SJ, Allen IE, Chiong W, Clark AM, Feuer J, Ewalt J, Guterman EL, Gearhart R, Miller BL, Lee KP. Effect of collaborative dementia care on potentially inappropriate medication use: Outcomes from the Care Ecosystem randomized clinical trial. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 May;19(5):1865-1875. doi: 10.1002/alz.12808. Epub 2022 Nov 4.

    PubMed 36331050
  • Possin KL, Merrilees JJ, Dulaney S, Bonasera SJ, Chiong W, Lee K, Hooper SM, Allen IE, Braley T, Bernstein A, Rosa TD, Harrison K, Begert-Hellings H, Kornak J, Kahn JG, Naasan G, Lanata S, Clark AM, Chodos A, Gearhart R, Ritchie C, Miller BL. Effect of Collaborative Dementia Care via Telephone and Internet on Quality of Life, Caregiver Well-being, and Health Care Use: The Care Ecosystem Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Dec 1;179(12):1658-1667. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4101.

    PubMed 31566651
  • Possin KL, Merrilees J, Bonasera SJ, Bernstein A, Chiong W, Lee K, Wilson L, Hooper SM, Dulaney S, Braley T, Laohavanich S, Feuer JE, Clark AM, Schaffer MW, Schenk AK, Heunis J, Ong P, Cook KM, Bowhay AD, Gearhart R, Chodos A, Naasan G, Bindman AB, Dohan D, Ritchie C, Miller BL. Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem. PLoS Med. 2017 Mar 21;14(3):e1002260. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002260. eCollection 2017 Mar.

    PubMed 28323819
  • Chen Y, Wilson L, Kornak J, Dudley RA, Merrilees J, Bonasera SJ, Byrne CM, Lee K, Chiong W, Miller BL, Possin KL. The costs of dementia subtypes to California Medicare fee-for-service, 2015. Alzheimers Dement. 2019 Jul;15(7):899-906. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.03.015. Epub 2019 Jun 4.

    PubMed 31175026
  • Merrilees JJ, Bernstein A, Dulaney S, Heunis J, Walker R, Rah E, Choi J, Gawlas K, Carroll S, Ong P, Feuer J, Braley T, Clark AM, Lee K, Chiong W, Bonasera SJ, Miller BL, Possin KL. The Care Ecosystem: Promoting self-efficacy among dementia family caregivers. Dementia (London). 2020 Aug;19(6):1955-1973. doi: 10.1177/1471301218814121. Epub 2018 Nov 29.

    PubMed 30497302
  • Guterman EL, Allen IE, Josephson SA, Merrilees JJ, Dulaney S, Chiong W, Lee K, Bonasera SJ, Miller BL, Possin KL. Association Between Caregiver Depression and Emergency Department Use Among Patients With Dementia. JAMA Neurol. 2019 Oct 1;76(10):1166-1173. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.1820.

    PubMed 31282955
  • Bernstein A, Rogers KM, Possin KL, Steele NZR, Ritchie CS, Miller BL, Rankin KP. Primary Care Provider Attitudes and Practices Evaluating and Managing Patients with Neurocognitive Disorders. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Sep;34(9):1691-1692. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05013-7. No abstract available.

    PubMed 31044411
  • Rosa TD, Possin KL, Bernstein A, Merrilees J, Dulaney S, Matuoka J, Lee KP, Chiong W, Bonasera SJ, Harrison KL, Kahn JG. Variations in Costs of a Collaborative Care Model for Dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Dec;67(12):2628-2633. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16076. Epub 2019 Jul 18.

    PubMed 31317539
  • Bernstein A, Harrison KL, Dulaney S, Merrilees J, Bowhay A, Heunis J, Choi J, Feuer JE, Clark AM, Chiong W, Lee K, Braley TL, Bonasera SJ, Ritchie CS, Dohan D, Miller BL, Possin KL. The Role of Care Navigators Working with People with Dementia and Their Caregivers. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;71(1):45-55. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180957.

    PubMed 31322558

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Navigated Care in people with Dementia and Alzheimer Disease, run by University of California, San Francisco.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 11 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Nov 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change in Quality of Life - AD (Alzheimer's Disease) (time frame: From baseline to 60 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04287738, which also lists 10 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Nov 2023.

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