Clinical trials: Long Term Care Facility
Urinary Incontinence
A Pilot Clinical Trial of TENA Identifi in the Nursing Home Setting
The purpose of this study is to prospectively compare a standard of care manual toileting protocol (e.g., "check and change" strategy) to toileting patterns recorded by the TENA Identifi system in identifying incontinence…
- Trial name
- NCT03209570
- Testing
- Care planning using TENA Identifi sensor wear data, Care planning without using TENA Identifi sensor wear data
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- Insight Therapeutics, LLC
Depression
Medication Treatment for Depression in Nursing Home Residents
This study will examine therapeutic and adverse effects of continuing versus discontinuing antidepressant medication in nursing home residents who have had no more than a single episode of depression and who no longer have…
- Trial name
- NCT00076622
- Testing
- Antidepressant medication, No antidepressant medication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Urinary Tract Infection
Cranberry for UTI Prevention in Residents of Long Term Care Facilities
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect over 7 million men and women per year and cost the health care industry over 1 billion dollars annually.
- Trial name
- PACS (NCT00596635)
- Testing
- Once Daily Cranberry Capsule, Twice Daily Cranberry Capsules
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Accidental Falls
CONNECT for Quality: A Study to Reduce Falls in Nursing Homes
Clinical trials have identified interventions that reduce adverse outcomes such as falls in nursing home (NH) residents but attempts to translate these into practice quality improvement (QI) techniques have not been successful.
- Trial name
- CONNECT (NCT00636675)
- Testing
- Falls QI, Connect
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,726 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Alzheimer Disease
Optimizing Care for Patients With Dementia
Of the 1.4 million nursing home (NH) residents in long term care facilities, more than half have Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT03442322
- Testing
- transdisciplinary approach, multidisciplinary approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Hospitalization, Infection
Project PROTECT: Protecting Nursing Homes From Infections and Hospitalization
This is a cluster-randomized trial of nursing homes to assess whether decolonization with routine chlorhexidine bathing and periodic use of nasal antiseptics can reduce hospitalizations associated with infections, antibiotic…
- Trial name
- PROTECT (NCT03118232)
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), Iodophor (10% povidone-iodine)
- Where
- 28 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13,952 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
COVID-19 Vaccines
Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Nursing Homes
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, now being administered to skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents and staff, has highly variable acceptance between facilities.
- Trial name
- NCT04732819
- Testing
- High touch multi-pronged behavioral intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23,768 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Covid19
COVID-19 Project ECHO in Nursing Homes
Nursing homes are ground zero for the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing homes are ill-equipped for the pandemic; though facilities are required to have infection control staff, only 3% have taken a basic infection control course.
- Trial name
- NCT04499391
- Testing
- Project ECHO
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Gait, Medication Induced Gait Disturbances
BioButton Among Nursing Home Residents
This pilot study will explore the use of the BioIntellisense BioButton, a remote wearable multi-parameter monitor, to identify gait disturbances that occur as a side effect of polypharmacy.
- Trial name
- NCT06665685
- Testing
- BioButton Device, Providing Clinical Care with BioButton Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Charles Lin
Dementia
Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease (METRIcAL)_part2
The purpose of this trial is to test the effects of a personalized music intervention (Music and Memory, Inc.) on agitated and aggressive behaviors for nursing home residents with dementia.
- Trial name
- METRIcAL (NCT04850807)
- Testing
- Music & Memory
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 990 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Dementia
Home-delivered Meals for Persons With Dementia: Which Model Delays Nursing Home Placement?
This project is the pilot phase of a pragmatic randomized clinical trial comparing outcomes among older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) receiving home-delivered meals.
- Trial name
- NCT04850781
- Testing
- Bi-weekly frozen meal home delivery, Daily home meal delivery
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 243 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Incontinence-associated Dermatitis
Prevention of Incontinence-associated Dermatitis
Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) is an inflammation of the skin caused by prolonged direct contact of the skin with urine and/or stool. Elderly and care-dependent people are often affected by this type of inflammation.
- Trial name
- PID (NCT05403762)
- Testing
- ESENTA™ Skin Barrier Spray (ConvaTec, UK), Hydrophobes Basisgel DAC
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Diabetes, Hyperglycemia
Diabetes in the Elderly: Prospective Study
Diabetes is highly prevalent in the elderly, afflicting about 20% of older adults aged 65-75 years and 40% of adults >80years of age.
- Trial name
- DMElderly (NCT01131052)
- Testing
- Insulin Glargine, Insulin, Insulin glulisine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Guillermo Umpierrez
COVID-19, Viral Respiratory Illnesses
Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Nitazoxanide (NTZ) for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis of COVID-19 and Other Viral Respiratory Illnesses in Elderly Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF)
Trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of NTZ for post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 and other VRIs in elderly LTCF residents.
- Trial name
- NCT04343248
- Testing
- Nitazoxanide, Vitamin Super B-Complex
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people
- Sponsor
- Romark Laboratories L.C.
Diabetes
ADA Linagliptin in Long Term Care
This is a study to determine whether glycemic control, as measured by change in HbA1c and frequency of hypoglycemia, is different between treatment with linagliptin (Tradjenta®) and basal insulin in long term care residents(LTC)…
- Trial name
- NCT02061969
- Testing
- linagliptin, insulin glargine
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Ageing
Implementation of Knowledge-Based Palliative Care
The research on ageing during the last couple of decades has increasingly focused on questions regarding the quality of life and life satisfaction of the old people.
- Trial name
- KUPA (NCT02708498)
- Testing
- Educational Intervention
- Where
- 30 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,151 people
- Sponsor
- Lund University
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Our Care Wishes - Dementia
This Our Care Wishes- Dementia pilot study is adapting an existing successful online advance care planning platform to the specific needs of persons living with dementia and shared decision-makers (SDMs) and testing the usability…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Memory Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT05033262
- Testing
- Our Memory Care Wishes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Palliative Care
Improving Palliative Care Through Teamwork
One in three Americans dies in a nursing home (NH) or in a hospital, shortly following transfer from a long-term care facility. The proportion of deaths occurring in NHs is projected to increase to 40% by 2020.
- Trial name
- IMPACTT (NCT01990742)
- Testing
- Palliative Care Team (PCTeam)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Dementia
Goals of Care: A Nursing Home Trial of Decision Support for Advanced Dementia
This cluster randomized controlled trial is to examine whether decision support for goals of care can improve quality of communication and decision-making and improve the quality of palliative care for nursing home residents with…
- Trial name
- GOC (NCT01565642)
- Testing
- Goals of care decision support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 302 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Depression
The Effect on Depressive Symptoms in ECF Residents With COPD
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of treatment with Advair Diskus on depression using the Cornell depression scale in COPD patients in the nursing home.
- Trial name
- DISK-02 (NCT00974246)
- Testing
- Advair diskus
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Valley Medical Research