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Geriatric SyndromeTeleGRACENCT05166603

Expanding Access to Comprehensive Geriatrics Care Via Telehealth

A study testing TeleGRACE in people with Geriatric Syndrome, run by VA Office of Research and Development at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The overall objective of the TeleGRACE project is to improve the care and outcomes of older Veterans with a recent inpatient stay by expanding access to the evidence-based GRACE program, by evaluating a telehealth implementation. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 70 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Geriatric Syndrome
What is being tested?
TeleGRACE
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
111 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
18 Oct 2021to 29 Apr 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 70 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Veterans discharged from the Indianapolis VA medical center (VAMC) for an medical/surgical diagnosis (excludes substance use disorder-related admissions; excludes planned admissions) within the prior week
  • Age 70 years
  • Not enrolled in home-based primary care (HBPC)
  • Not enrolled in hospice
  • Not in dialysis
  • Primary care visit within VA in the prior 2 years
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  • Not residing in nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or CLC.
  • Living >20 miles but <60 miles from the Indianapolis VAMC facility
  • CAN score 95th percentile for mortality or missing CAN score
  • Discharged from the hospital alive

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have been randomized to the control arm after their index hospitalization who become readmitted to the hospital may not be re-randomized.
  • By definition, GRACE patients are not eligible for TeleGRACE due to the drive distance >20 miles from the Indianapolis VAMC
  • Enrolled in home-based primary care (HBPC)
  • Enrolled in hospice
  • Dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis)
  • Residing in nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or CLC.
  • Living <20 miles or 60 miles from the Indianapolis VAMC facility

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202-2884

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About this study

Official title: Expanding Access to Comprehensive Geriatrics Care Via Telehealth (QUE 20-010)

The overall objective of the TeleGRACE project is to improve the care and outcomes of older Veterans with a recent inpatient stay by expanding access to the evidence-based GRACE program, by evaluating a telehealth implementation.

Read the detailed description

The TeleGRACE evaluation will focus on three primary aims and a secondary aim:

Primary Aim 1: To examine the effectiveness of the TeleGRACE program, the investigators designed a randomized controlled implementation trial (RCT) powered for the primary outcome of 90-day all-cause mortality. The investigators will also examine its effectiveness for the secondary outcomes including 90-day readmissions, 1-year ED utilization (VA and non-VA), 1-year all-cause readmissions, 1-year mortality, as well as patient, caregiver, and staff satisfaction. The investigators hypothesize that patients who receive TeleGRACE will have lower 90-day mortality than patients in usual care.

Primary Aim 2: to examine the implementation of the TeleGRACE program. The implementation strategy is reflecting \& evaluating. Implementation outcomes are based on the REAIM framework and include reach, efficacy (Aim 1), and implementation (total number of Veterans served, fidelity).

Primary Aim 3: to conduct a business-case analysis (BCA). The business case analysis will calculate the net financial savings or loss for TeleGRACE as the difference in the overall intervention costs and savings due to downstream benefits for patients receiving TeleGRACE versus usual care controls.

Being tested
TeleGRACE
Keywords
comprehensive geriatrics assessment, telehealth, home visit

What participants receive

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

  • TeleGRACEOther

    Patients receive a virtual home visit and care from the GRACE team

Study groups in NCT05166603
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
TeleGRACEExperimentalPatients receive a virtual home visit and care from the GRACE team
Receives: Other: TeleGRACE
Usual CareNo interventionPatients receive usual care

What is being measured

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

  1. 90-day All-cause Mortality

    The primary outcome is 90-day all-cause mortality measured from the date of discharge from the index hospitalization.

    Measured: 90-days from discharge from the index hospitalization

Timeline

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

  1. First posted22 Dec 2021
  2. Study start18 Oct 2021
  3. Primary completion29 Apr 2022
  4. Study completion29 Apr 2022

Why it stopped: Inadequate recruitment

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
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
111 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05166603
Sponsor's protocol ID
QUX 21-007
Other IDs
QUE HX0003205-01
Acronym
TeleGRACE
Status last verified
Dec 2023
First submitted
8 Dec 2021
Last updated
22 Jan 2024
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing TeleGRACE in people with Geriatric Syndrome, run by VA Office of Research and Development at 1 site in United States.

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 10 inclusion and 7 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Jan 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 4 Dec 2023). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

90-day All-cause Mortality (time frame: 90-days from discharge from the index hospitalization). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 22 Jan 2024.

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