Clinical trials: Dementia Caregivers
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Deprescribing in Patients Living With Dementia With Caregiver and Provider Nudges
The objectives of this study are to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a deprescribing nudge intervention using pragmatic methods, confirm that outcomes can be feasibly measured and evaluated at scale in a subsequent…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT06347172
- Testing
- Nudge Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Caregivers, Alzheimer's Disease
Meditation or Education for Alzheimer Caregivers
The goal is to determine how 6-week stress reduction techniques may decrease stress in primary caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease. The 3 intervention programs are meditation, education, and respite care.
- Trial name
- NCT00558402
- Testing
- Meditation, Education, Respite only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Dementia, Nurse Care Coordination
Dyadic, App-supported Collaborative Care Intervention Trial for Family Caregivers of People Living With Dementia
In Germany, approximately 1.8 million individuals are living with dementia, representing a considerable share of those requiring long-term care.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Nurse Care Coordination, Informal Caregiver
- Trial name
- Living@Home (NCT07251088)
- Testing
- Experimental arm
- Where
- 12 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 554 people
- Sponsor
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Efficacy of Gamification in Enhancing User Engagement
As part of Phase II of the NIH SBIR grant, the study will conduct a randomized controlled clinical trial in which the MapHabit system's gamification is investigated to determine whether the assistive technology facilitates user…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Gamification, Assistive Technology
- Trial name
- NCT05422339
- Testing
- The MapHabit system (MHS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- MapHabit, Inc.
Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Caregiver Communication Study
The point of this research is to improve the communicative relationship between the caregiver and care receiver. It is input from the caregiver on these communicative behaviors that will inform the process of understanding how to…
- Trial name
- NCT00182988
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
Cognitive, Behavioral, and Functional Change in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
The objectives of the study are to; (1) estimate the change in disease -related cognitive decline over 1 year on a battery of cognitive tests administered to participants with early-stage symptomatic Behavioral Variant…
- Trial name
- FORWARD (NCT03088956)
- Testing
- Assessments
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biogen
Grief
Experiencing Loss and Planning Ahead Study
The course of dementia over many years, gradual losses and uncertain life expectancy can lead to grief amongst family and friend carers.
- Trial name
- ELPAS (NCT03332979)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Sleep Disturbance, Dementia
Telephone-Coached Sleep Bibliotherapy for Dementia Caregivers
Sleep disturbances are common among informal caregivers of people with dementia and can negatively affect their physical and psychological well-being.
- Trial name
- NCT07826663
- Testing
- Telephone-Coached Sleep Bibliotherapy, Educational Booklet
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Dementia
TV-based Service to Support People Living With Mild Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impariment
This multicentre randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effects of an intervention consisting of a TV-based Assistive Integrated Service developed to improve the quality of life in older people with mild cognitive…
- Trial name
- TV-AssistDem (NCT03653234)
- Testing
- TV-based Assistive Integrated Service
- Where
- 2 sites in Romania, Spain
- Volunteers
- 404 people
- Sponsor
- Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación de Málaga en Biomedicina y Salud
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Care Ecosystem: Navigating Patients and Families Through Stages of Care
This is a randomized clinical trial evaluating the benefits of a program that supports model care for persons with dementia and their family caregivers. Subjects were recruited from California, Nebraska and Iowa.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Vascular, Lewy Body Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02213458
- Testing
- Navigated Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,560 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Dementia
Effects and Costs of a Day Care Centre Program Designed for People With Dementia
Attending day care centres with programs specifically designed for patients with dementia is believed to postpone admittance to nursing home as well as increase quality of life and well-being for both patients and their family…
- Trial name
- ECOD (NCT01943071)
- Testing
- Day care for patients with dementia
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 261 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian Centre for Ageing and Health
Dementia
A Trial of the C-TraC Intervention for Dementia Patients
The goal of the project is to conduct a prospective, randomized-controlled clinical trial to determine the extent to which the Coordinated-Transitional Care (C-TraC) program impacts transitional care quality, patient…
- Trial name
- NCT02388711
- Testing
- C-TraC Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 584 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dementia, Neuro-Degenerative Disease
Lived Experience Narratives in Dementia
The Lived Experience Narratives in Dementia (LEND) research programme involves five work packages (WP). WP1 explores how people living with dementia use narratives and how narratives can impact them.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Neuro-Degenerative Disease, Alzheimer Disease, Caregiver Burden
- Trial name
- LEND (NCT07757178)
- Testing
- Online LEND Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
REmote Assessment and Dynamic Response Intervention II
The purpose of the READyR II Study is to test a dynamic tailoring phase of a remote assessment for changing dementia-related care needs.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Relationship, Marital, Caregiver Stress Syndrome
- Trial name
- READyR-II (NCT04686838)
- Testing
- READyR II: A, READyR II: B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Frontotemporal Dementia, Caregiver Burden
STELLA-FTD: Examination of a Behavior Change Intervention for FTD Family Care Partners
The purpose of this nationwide study is to test STELLA-FTD (Support via Telehealth: Living and Learning with Advancing Alzheimer's Disease)-FTD, an intervention to specifically address the needs of family Care Partners of persons…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Caregiver Burden, Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Corticobasal Syndrome
- Trial name
- STELLA-FTD (NCT06613204)
- Testing
- STELLA-FTD Control, STELLA-FTD Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 640 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Caregiver Burden of People With Dementia
Implementation of the START Intervention in Brazil: a Controlled Feasibility Trial
This controlled trial aims to assess the feasibility of a culturally adapted Brazilian version of the START (STrAtegies for RelaTives) program, a structured coping strategy program designed for family caregivers of people living…
- Trial name
- START/ESCADA (NCT07096960)
- Testing
- STrAtegies for RelaTives (START) - Brazilian version
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz
Dementia, Depression
3D Team Care for Cognitively Vulnerable Older Adults
This study addresses how to achieve better outcomes for cognitively vulnerable community-dwelling older adults and their families.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Depression, Delirium
- Trial name
- NCT02945085
- Testing
- Home Based Care Team, Telephone Based Care Team
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 506 people
- Sponsor
- UConn Health
Alzheimer Disease, Caregiver Burden
Voice and Swallowing Disorders in Adults With and Without Alzheimer's Disease
This research study is investigating whether people with Alzheimer's disease experience more changes to voice and swallowing than their healthy age-matched peers.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Caregiver Burden, Healthy Aging, Dysphonia
- Trial name
- NCT06328374
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Dementia
Evaluation of the PACE/PACENET BHL Caregiver Program
This project will conduct a retrospective clinical database review and a one-time research interview to evaluate outcomes among a sub-set of caregivers (CGs) who were enrolled in the Behavioral Health Laboratory (BHL) Caregiver…
- Trial name
- CREST (NCT02463708)
- Testing
- BHL COTP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania