Clinical trials: Frailty
Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease Among Frail Elderly
Chronic kidney disease is a common diagnosis in the elderly population and it is associated with significant morbidity and health care costs. The prevalence rates increase with age to about 40% for adults aged > 65 years.
- Trial name
- FRED-CKD (NCT02351349)
- Testing
- multidisciplinary intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Sameena Iqbal
Frailty
Supporting Habit Formation to Attenuate Prefrailty in Elders: Pilot Study
The Supporting Habit Formation to Attenuate Prefrailty in Elders (SHAPE) Pilot Study is a randomized control study. The main objective of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of using Habit Formation (HF) treatment to…
- Trial name
- SHAPE (NCT04140890)
- Testing
- Habit Formation, Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Sarcopenia, Hypogonadism
TOM: Testosterone in Older Men With Sarcopenia
The purpose of this study is to determine whether testosterone replacement in older men with low testosterone levels will increase muscle strength, improve physical performance and overall sense of well being, and reduce fatigue.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, Hypogonadism, Muscular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT00240981
- Testing
- Topical testosterone gel 1% (active formulation)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
HIV-1 Infection
PREPARE (A5361s) Ancillary Study of REPRIEVE (A5332)
Aging with HIV is associated with earlier development of frailty (weakness) or disability, including loss of physical and muscle strength, and walking speed.
- Trial name
- PREPARE (NCT03070223)
- Testing
- Pitavastatin
- Where
- 31 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 602 people
- Sponsor
- Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
Frailty, Functional Recovery
Multi-Component Prehabilitation for Major Elective Surgery
The purpose of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility of delivering a multicomponent prehabilitation and measuring patient-centered outcomes in older adults undergoing major surgery.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Functional Recovery, Prehabilitation
- Trial name
- NCT05752474
- Testing
- Exercise, Nutrition, Meditation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Frail Elderly Persons
SUPPORT FOR FRAIL ELDERLY PERSONS - From Prevention to Palliation
The present study "Elderly person in the risk zone" form part of the research programme "Support for frail elderly persons - from prevention to palliation" (www.
- Trial name
- NCT00877058
- Testing
- preventive home visit, senior meetings
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 459 people
- Sponsor
- Vardalinstitutet The Swedish Institute for Health Sciences
The Frailty Syndrome
Ghrelin Dose Finding In Frail Elderly
Frailty is a geriatric syndrome leading to physical deterioration including muscle wasting (sarcopenia) and unintentional weight loss. There are currently no approved therapies for frailty.
- Trial name
- NCT01605435
- Testing
- Ghrelin Group 1, Ghrelin Group 2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Herpes Zoster
A Study to Assess Frailty of Subjects During ZOSTER-006 and ZOSTER-022
As part of the ZOSTER-006 and ZOSTER-022 pivotal trials of the HZ/su vaccine, all study participants completed quality of life (QoL) questionnaires.
- Trial name
- NCT03563183
- Testing
- Encoding of data collected in Zoster 006 and Zoster 022 studies
- Where
- 169 sites in United States, Australia and 16 more
- Volunteers
- 26,976 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Hip Fracture, Frailty
Starting a Testosterone and Exercise Program After Hip Injury
This study is a randomized controlled double-blinded multi-center clinical trial enrolling female hip fracture patients who are 65 and older.
- Conditions
- Hip Fracture, Frailty, Sarcopenia
- Trial name
- STEP-HI (NCT02938923)
- Testing
- Testosterone, Supervised exercise training, Home exercise program
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Frailty, Disability or Chronic Disease Leading to Disablement
Implementing 3-Step Workout for Life in Home Health
The purpose of this project is to study how to adapt and implement the 3-Step Workout for Life program in a local home health agency. A series of learning cycles will be conducted to adjust the treatment dose and delivery mode.
- Trial name
- NCT04709783
- Testing
- 3-Step Workout for Life
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Frailty, Sedentary Behavior
Stand if You Can: A Standing Intervention in Long Term Care
It is currently unknown if reducing sitting time, an activity that is highly prevalent in frail older adults living in long term care (LTC) facilities, is associated with an improvement in physical capacity such as walking speed.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Sedentary Behavior, Physical Disability
- Trial name
- NCT03796039
- Testing
- Standing
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Brunswick
Aging, Sedentary Lifestyle
Nitrites, Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Bioenergetics, and Physical Activity in Old Age
This 2-site randomized double blinded controlled trial is to confirm and more definitively clarify the impact of a 12-week course of nitrite versus placebo on mitochondrial bioenergetics in older sedentary adults.
- Conditions
- Aging, Sedentary Lifestyle, Frailty
- Trial name
- Nitrite (NCT04405180)
- Testing
- 20mg sodium nitrite tid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Gladwin, Mark, MD
Disease, Pulmonary
Does Pulmonary Rehabilitation Improve Frailty?
Frailty is a state of health with predisposition to adverse events, morbidity and mortality. Frailty consists of weakness, slowness, low physical activity, exhaustion, and wasting.
- Trial name
- NCT02512874
- Testing
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Dynamometer, DEXA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Heart Failure, Home-based Walking Excercise
The Impact of a Home-Based Walking Exercise Program on Heart Failure
Heart disease is the second leading cause of death in Taiwan, with approximately 700,000 individuals affected by heart failure. Despite the proven benefits of rehabilitative exercise, participation in cardiac rehabilitation…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Home-based Walking Excercise, Depression, Frailty
- Trial name
- NCT06791967
- Testing
- home-based walking program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Frailty
Ghrelin in Healthy and Frail Older Women
The purpose of this research study is to see if giving women a hormone called "ghrelin" will increase levels of growth hormone in the blood and increase appetite.
- Trial name
- NCT00520884
- Testing
- Ghrelin Infusion - Healthy, Ghrelin Infusion - Frail
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Frailty
Piloting Prehabilitation Before Abdominal Surgery
Frail Veterans are at increased risk for poor surgical outcomes, and as the Veteran population grows older and more frail, there is a critical need to identify effective strategies for reducing surgical risks for these patients.
- Trial name
- NCT03040336
- Testing
- Prehabilitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Frailty
Prehabilitation of Veterans With Exercise and Nutrition
The goal of VA's RR\&D office is to maximize functional recovery. This proposal will allow the investigators to test an intervention that combines the fundamentals of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with state-of-the-art…
- Trial name
- PREVENT (NCT04485611)
- Testing
- Supervised aerobic + resistance training and nutritional support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hiv, Fatigue
High-Intensity Exercise to Attenuate Limitations and Train Habits in Older Adults With HIV
This is a multi-site, randomized, single-blind (researchers), active treatment concurrent control trial with individuals aged 50-80 living with HIV who experience fatigue and live a sedentary lifestyle.
- Conditions
- Hiv, Fatigue, Mobility Limitation
- Trial name
- HEALTH (NCT04550676)
- Testing
- HIIT (intervention), CME (active control), Coaching
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Non-cardiac Thoracic Surgery
Pilot Testing a Home-Based Rehabilitation Intervention Designed to Improve Outcomes of Frail Veterans Following Cardiothoracic Surgery
Frail Veterans are at increased risk for poor surgical outcomes, and as the Veteran population grows older and more frail, there is a critical need to identify effective strategies for reducing surgical risks for these patients.
- Conditions
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Non-cardiac Thoracic Surgery, Frailty
- Trial name
- NCT03299101
- Testing
- Prehabilitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pain, Depressive Symptoms
Depression and Pain Perseverance Through Empowered Recovery Intervention
African American women who are 50 years of age and older with depressive symptoms, pain and difficulty with mobility will participate in the DAPPER intervention study that includes 8 nurse visits in participants' homes to help…
- Conditions
- Pain, Depressive Symptoms, Frailty, Aging
- Trial name
- DAPPER (NCT04091347)
- Testing
- DAPPER
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University