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FallGREAT-FALLNCT05807724

Geriatric Emergency Department Fall Injury Prevention Project

A study testing Phone-based fall-prevention strategy and Home-visit fall prevention strategy in people with Fall and Fall Injury, run by Florida Atlantic University at 1 site in United States.

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 prospective randomized study will assess an emergency department (ED) based prevention strategy in geriatric patients at high risk for recurrent falls and injury. Falling is a major health hazard in older adults with a number of proposed but unproven protocols to prevent fall-related injuries. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 65 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Fall, Fall Injury, Emergencies
What is being tested?
Phone-based fall-prevention strategy and Home-visit fall prevention strategy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
644 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
1 Apr 2023to 31 Dec 2024
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 65 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients over the age of 65 with a ground level fall who live at home will be eligible for study inclusion

Who cannot join

  • Being transferred from another facility, trauma activation, hospice or palliative care participant, end-stage heart failure (two or more congestive heart failure hospitalizations in past 6 months), end stage emphysema (two or more chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalizations in past 6 months), metastatic cancer, severe leukemia or multiple myeloma or lymphoma on treatment or requiring transfusion and end stage renal disease requiring dialysis. An additional exclusion criterion is patients with dementia, if the subject is unable to state name or unable to point to an object (for those with aphasia)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Delray Medical Center

    Delray Beach, Florida, 33484

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About this study

This prospective randomized study will assess an emergency department (ED) based prevention strategy in geriatric patients at high risk for recurrent falls and injury. Falling is a major health hazard in older adults with a number of proposed but unproven protocols to prevent fall-related injuries. This study proposes to study one of these strategies, the CDC's Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries program (the STEADI Program).

Read the detailed description

The purpose of this study is to assess whether certain Emergency Department patients at high risk of recurrent falls and injuries related to falls will benefit from the recommendations of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries program (STEADI Program).

Study subjects will be randomized to one of 3 arms: 1) current care; 2) a phone-based fall-prevention strategy; or 3) a home-visit fall prevention strategy

  1. Current emergency department care
  2. STEADI recommendations administered via phone at 14 days
  3. STEADI recommendations administered via a home visit at 14 days

The STEADI recommendations include the following:

  • Follow-up with a primary care physician
  • An assessment of your risk of falling. This includes looking at your ability to walk, your strength and balance.
  • Assessment medications looking for potential medication interactions
  • Measuring your vital signs (blood pressure and heart rate)
  • Assessment of your vision
  • Assessment of your footwear
  • Recommendations to improve home safety (such as ensuring proper lighting, ensuring adequate hand-rails, and others)

Initial data collection will occur at the time of the ED visit. Intervention will occur 14 days after ED visit. Telephonic follow-up will occur at 3 months and 6 months after study enrollment.

Data will be collected from the patients/patient representatives and medical records. All data will be collected by trained research assistants (RAs)

Being tested
Phone-based fall-prevention strategy, Home-visit fall prevention strategy
Keywords
Geriatric
Medical subject headings
Emergencies

What participants receive

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

  • Phone-based fall-prevention strategyOther

    Written education material and Phone-Based Fall-Prevention Strategy

  • Home-visit fall prevention strategyOther

    Written education material and Home visit-Based Fall-Prevention Strategy

Study groups in NCT05807724
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Current careNo interventionCurrent care at the ED
Phone-based fall-prevention strategyExperimentalThe phone-based fall-prevention strategy is based on the CDC's Stopping Elderly Accidents Deaths \& Injuries (STEADI) program (https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/index.html). The STEADI Algorithm will be the template for both fall-prevention strategies utilized in this study. In addition, the CDC Check For Safety-A Home Prevention Checklist for Older Adults pamphlet will be used. At the time of study enrollment, the STEADI program written material will be provided and components of it will be discussed with the study subjects and caregivers, if present. The phone-based strategy will provide the patient and caregiver easy to read materials before ED discharge and a structured phone call around 14 days post ED discharge.
Receives: Other: Phone-based fall-prevention strategy
Home-visit fall prevention strategyExperimentalThe specific components of the home-visit fall prevention strategy are similar to the Phone-Based Fall-Prevention Strategy. The essential difference is the in-person visit by the research associate to discuss and reinforce the fall-prevention strategy.
Receives: Other: Home-visit fall prevention strategy

What is being measured

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

  1. Recurrent fall requiring ED revisit at 6 months

    Number of Participants with 6 months ED Returns

    Measured: 6 months

  2. Fall-related injury at 6 months

    Number of Participants with 6 months ED Returns

    Measured: 6 months

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Specific fall-related injury at 6 months

    Number of Participants with 6 months ED Returns

    Measured: 6 months

  2. Fall-related mortality

    Hospital census data

    Measured: 6 months

  3. All-cause mortality

    Hospital census data

    Measured: 6 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted11 Apr 2023
  2. Study start1 Apr 2023
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2024
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2024

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
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
644 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05807724
Sponsor's protocol ID
1903012
Acronym
GREAT-FALL
Status last verified
Feb 2025
First submitted
29 Mar 2023
Last updated
24 Feb 2025
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Shankar KN, Liu SW, Ganz DA. Trends and Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Fall-Related Injuries in Older Adults, 2003-2010. West J Emerg Med. 2017 Aug;18(5):785-793. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2017.5.33615. Epub 2017 Jul 14.

    PubMed 28874929
  • Bhasin S, Gill TM, Reuben DB, Latham NK, Ganz DA, Greene EJ, Dziura J, Basaria S, Gurwitz JH, Dykes PC, McMahon S, Storer TW, Gazarian P, Miller ME, Travison TG, Esserman D, Carnie MB, Goehring L, Fagan M, Greenspan SL, Alexander N, Wiggins J, Ko F, Siu AL, Volpi E, Wu AW, Rich J, Waring SC, Wallace RB, Casteel C, Resnick NM, Magaziner J, Charpentier P, Lu C, Araujo K, Rajeevan H, Meng C, Allore H, Brawley BF, Eder R, McGloin JM, Skokos EA, Duncan PW, Baker D, Boult C, Correa-de-Araujo R, Peduzzi P; STRIDE Trial Investigators. A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 9;383(2):129-140. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2002183.

    PubMed 32640131
  • Burns E, Kakara R. Deaths from Falls Among Persons Aged >/=65 Years - United States, 2007-2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 May 11;67(18):509-514. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6718a1.

    PubMed 29746456
  • Bergen G, Stevens MR, Burns ER. Falls and Fall Injuries Among Adults Aged >/=65 Years - United States, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 Sep 23;65(37):993-998. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6537a2.

    PubMed 27656914
  • National Prevention Council. Healthy Aging in Action: Advancing the National Prevention Strategy [Internet]. Washington (DC): US Department of Health and Human Services; 2016 Nov. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK538955/

    PubMed 30896903
  • Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons, American Geriatrics Society and British Geriatrics Society. Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society clinical practice guideline for prevention of falls in older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jan;59(1):148-57. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03234.x.

    PubMed 21226685
  • Crandall M, Duncan T, Mallat A, Greene W, Violano P, Christmas AB, Barraco R. Prevention of fall-related injuries in the elderly: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Jul;81(1):196-206. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001025.

    PubMed 26958795
  • Jung D, Shin S, Kim H. A fall prevention guideline for older adults living in long-term care facilities. Int Nurs Rev. 2014 Dec;61(4):525-33. doi: 10.1111/inr.12131. Epub 2014 Sep 12.

    PubMed 25212122
  • Kruschke C, Butcher HK. Evidence-Based Practice Guideline: Fall Prevention for Older Adults. J Gerontol Nurs. 2017 Nov 1;43(11):15-21. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20171016-01.

    PubMed 29065212
  • Thurman DJ, Stevens JA, Rao JK; Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Practice parameter: Assessing patients in a neurology practice for risk of falls (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2008 Feb 5;70(6):473-9. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000299085.18976.20.

    PubMed 18250292
  • Phelan EA, Mahoney JE, Voit JC, Stevens JA. Assessment and management of fall risk in primary care settings. Med Clin North Am. 2015 Mar;99(2):281-93. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.004.

    PubMed 25700584
  • Davenport K, Alazemi M, Sri-On J, Liu S. Missed Opportunities to Diagnose and Intervene in Modifiable Risk Factors for Older Emergency Department Patients Presenting After a Fall. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Dec;76(6):730-738. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.06.020. Epub 2020 Sep 30.

    PubMed 33010956
  • Cheng P, Tan L, Ning P, Li L, Gao Y, Wu Y, Schwebel DC, Chu H, Yin H, Hu G. Comparative Effectiveness of Published Interventions for Elderly Fall Prevention: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Mar 12;15(3):498. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15030498.

    PubMed 29534531
  • Biese KJ, Busby-Whitehead J, Cai J, Stearns SC, Roberts E, Mihas P, Emmett D, Zhou Q, Farmer F, Kizer JS. Telephone Follow-Up for Older Adults Discharged to Home from the Emergency Department: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Mar;66(3):452-458. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15142. Epub 2017 Dec 22.

    PubMed 29272029
  • Goldberg EM, Marks SJ, Resnik LJ, Long S, Mellott H, Merchant RC. Can an Emergency Department-Initiated Intervention Prevent Subsequent Falls and Health Care Use in Older Adults? A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Dec;76(6):739-750. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.07.025. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

    PubMed 32854965

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Phone-based fall-prevention strategy and Home-visit fall prevention strategy in people with Fall and Fall Injury, run by Florida Atlantic University 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 1 inclusion and 1 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 24 Feb 2025. 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?

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?

Recurrent fall requiring ED revisit at 6 months (time frame: 6 months). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT05807724, which also lists 16 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 24 Feb 2025.

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