AgingNCT00380562
The Baltimore Experience Corps Study
A study testing Experience Corps in people with Aging and Generativity, run by Johns Hopkins University at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Experience Corps program in preventing or delaying physical disability in older adults, by studying the effects of volunteerism on physical, social and cognitive well-being. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 60 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Aging, Generativity
- What is being tested?
- Experience Corps
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 702 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Jul 2006to Dec 2011
- 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 60 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 60 years or older
- Agree to commit to at least 1 year of participation in the EC and to participate at least 15 hours per week for the full school year, if randomized to the intervention group
- Meet minimum criteria for cognitive functioning necessary to function successfully in a school setting
- Functionally literate, using a nationally recognized and standardized evaluation which provides grade level equivalency in reading and spelling
- Ability to travel to the schools, if randomized to the intervention group
- Agree to accept randomization and to participate in evaluations
- Clearance on the Baltimore city public school's criminal background check, if randomized to intervention group
- Complete training, if randomized to intervention group
Who cannot join
- Under 60 years of age
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Center on Aging and Health
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205
About this study
Official title: Experience Corps Trial: Improving Health of Older Populations Through Generativity
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Experience Corps program in preventing or delaying physical disability in older adults, by studying the effects of volunteerism on physical, social and cognitive well-being.
Read the detailed description
The Baltimore Experience Corps Study is a randomized, controlled, community-based trial of the effectiveness of Experience Corps (EC) to determine if participation for adults 60 years and older, over two years of follow-up, results in better outcomes in the EC versus control arm in terms of mobility, strength, balance, and cognitive functioning.
The Experience Corps is a community-based model for health promotion for older adults embedded within a social engagement program. The program places older adult volunteers in meaningful roles in public elementary schools, bringing the time, experience, and wisdom of older adults to bear in improving academic and behavioral outcomes of children. The Experience Corps incorporates health promotion preventing disability and dependency associated with aging, into new, generative roles for older adults.
This program was initially designed by Dr. Linda Fried of this application, along with Marc Freedman of Civic Ventures, Inc. It has gone through two national demonstrations, neither of which evaluated the impact on older adults.
- Conditions
- Aging, Generativity
- Being tested
- Experience Corps
- Keywords
- Quality of life, Cognitive Functioning, Activities of Daily Living, Disability prevention
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Experience CorpsBehavioural
High intensity volunteering (15 hours a week or more) over a two year time period working with children in grades K-3 in Baltimore City Schools. Controls are assigned to usual activities for two years and then offered opportunity to volunteer with children at the end of two year.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer | Experimental | High intensity volunteering (15 hours a week or greater) in Baltimore City Schools with children in grades K-3 Receives: Behavioral: Experience Corps |
| Control | No intervention | Usual activities |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Decreased disability in mobility and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)
Walking speed, chair stands, questionnaires related to mobility and activities
Measured: Measured in 4 month intevals from baseline to 24 month
Secondary outcomes (3)
Decreased falls
Measured: Measured in 4 month intervals from baseline to 24 month
decreased rate of decline in memory
Measured: Measured in 4 month intervals from baseline to 24 month
increased, preserved or slowed decline in strength, balance, walking speed, frailty, timed "get up and go", cortical plasticity and executive function and speed and accuracy in objective IADL task performance
Measured: Measured in 4 month intervals from baseline to 24 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted26 Sep 2006 (estimated)
- Study startJul 2006
- Primary completionDec 2011
- Study completionDec 2011
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (14)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for AgingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Johns Hopkins UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Investigator
- Enrolment
- 702 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Retirement Research Foundation, Abell Foundation, National Institute on Aging (NIA), Goldseker Foundation, The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, George W. Rebok, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
- Investigators
- George Rebok, PhD, Principal investigator, Johns Hopkins University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00380562
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- AG0069
- Other IDs
- P01AG027735
- Status last verified
- Sep 2013
- First submitted
- 25 Sep 2006
- Last updated
- 19 Sep 2013
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Fried LP, Carlson MC, Freedman M, Frick KD, Glass TA, Hill J, McGill S, Rebok GW, Seeman T, Tielsch J, Wasik BA, Zeger S. A social model for health promotion for an aging population: initial evidence on the Experience Corps model. J Urban Health. 2004 Mar;81(1):64-78. doi: 10.1093/jurban/jth094.
PubMed 15047786Frick KD, Carlson MC, Glass TA, McGill S, Rebok GW, Simpson C, Fried LP. Modeled cost-effectiveness of the Experience Corps Baltimore based on a pilot randomized trial. J Urban Health. 2004 Mar;81(1):106-17. doi: 10.1093/jurban/jth097.
PubMed 15047789Fried LP, Carlson MC, McGill S, Seeman T, Xue QL, Frick K, Tan E, Tanner EK, Barron J, Frangakis C, Piferi R, Martinez I, Gruenewald T, Martin BK, Berry-Vaughn L, Stewart J, Dickersin K, Willging PR, Rebok GW. Experience Corps: a dual trial to promote the health of older adults and children's academic success. Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Sep;36(1):1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.05.003. Epub 2013 May 13.
PubMed 23680986Tan EJ, McGill S, Tanner EK, Carlson MC, Rebok GW, Seeman TE, Fried LP. The evolution of an academic-community partnership in the design, implementation, and evaluation of experience corps(R) Baltimore city: a courtship model. Gerontologist. 2014 Apr;54(2):314-21. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt072. Epub 2013 Jul 25.
PubMed 23887931Parisi JM, Rebok GW, Seeman TE, Tanner EK, Tan EJ, Fried LP, Xue QL, Frick KD, Carlson MC. Lifestyle Activities in Sociodemographically at-risk Urban, Older Adults Prior to Participation in the Baltimore Experience Corps((R)) Trial. Act Adapt Aging. 2012 Jan 1;36(3):242-260. doi: 10.1080/01924788.2012.702306. Epub 2012 Sep 18.
PubMed 23144524Parisi JM, Rebok GW, Xue QL, Fried LP, Seeman TE, Tanner EK, Gruenewald TL, Frick KD, Carlson MC. The role of education and intellectual activity on cognition. J Aging Res. 2012;2012:416132. doi: 10.1155/2012/416132. Epub 2012 Aug 9.
PubMed 22928110Agbedia OO, Varma VR, Seplaki CL, Seeman TE, Fried LP, Li L, Harris GC, Rebok GW, Xue QL, Tan EJ, Tanner E, Parisi JM, McGill S, Carlson MC. Blunted diurnal decline of cortisol among older adults with low socioeconomic status. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2011 Aug;1231:56-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06151.x.
PubMed 21884161Tan EJ, Tanner EK, Seeman TE, Xue QL, Rebok GW, Frick KD, Carlson MC, Wang T, Piferi RL, McGill S, Whitfield KE, Fried LP. Marketing public health through older adult volunteering: Experience Corps as a social marketing intervention. Am J Public Health. 2010 Apr;100(4):727-34. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.169151. Epub 2010 Feb 18.
PubMed 20167888Carlson MC, Erickson KI, Kramer AF, Voss MW, Bolea N, Mielke M, McGill S, Rebok GW, Seeman T, Fried LP. Evidence for neurocognitive plasticity in at-risk older adults: the experience corps program. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009 Dec;64(12):1275-82. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glp117. Epub 2009 Aug 19.
PubMed 19692672Tan EJ, Rebok GW, Yu Q, Frangakis CE, Carlson MC, Wang T, Ricks M, Tanner EK, McGill S, Fried LP. The long-term relationship between high-intensity volunteering and physical activity in older African American women. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2009 Mar;64(2):304-11. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbn023. Epub 2009 Jan 29.
PubMed 19181687Carlson MC, Saczynski JS, Rebok GW, Seeman T, Glass TA, McGill S, Tielsch J, Frick KD, Hill J, Fried LP. Exploring the effects of an "everyday" activity program on executive function and memory in older adults: Experience Corps. Gerontologist. 2008 Dec;48(6):793-801. doi: 10.1093/geront/48.6.793.
PubMed 19139252Glass TA, Freedman M, Carlson MC, Hill J, Frick KD, Ialongo N, McGill S, Rebok GW, Seeman T, Tielsch JM, Wasik BA, Zeger S, Fried LP. Experience Corps: design of an intergenerational program to boost social capital and promote the health of an aging society. J Urban Health. 2004 Mar;81(1):94-105. doi: 10.1093/jurban/jth096.
PubMed 15047788Rebok GW, Carlson MC, Glass TA, McGill S, Hill J, Wasik BA, Ialongo N, Frick KD, Fried LP, Rasmussen MD. Short-term impact of Experience Corps participation on children and schools: results from a pilot randomized trial. J Urban Health. 2004 Mar;81(1):79-93. doi: 10.1093/jurban/jth095.
PubMed 15047787Varma VR, Tan EJ, Gross AL, Harris G, Romani W, Fried LP, Rebok GW, Carlson MC. Effect of Community Volunteering on Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Prev Med. 2016 Jan;50(1):106-110. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.06.015. Epub 2015 Sep 2.
PubMed 26340864
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 19 Sep 2013. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Experience Corps Trial: Improving Health of Older Populations Through Generativity
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00380562
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- AG0069
- Conditions
- Aging, Generativity
- Keywords
- Quality of life, Cognitive Functioning, Activities of Daily Living, Disability prevention
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 702 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Retirement Research Foundation, Abell Foundation, National Institute on Aging (NIA), Goldseker Foundation, The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
- Study start
- Jul 2006
- Primary completion
- Dec 2011 (actual)
- Study completion
- Dec 2011 (actual)
- First posted
- 26 Sep 2006 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Experience Corps program in preventing or delaying physical disability in older adults, by studying the effects of volunteerism on physical, social and cognitive well-being.
Detailed description
The Baltimore Experience Corps Study is a randomized, controlled, community-based trial of the effectiveness of Experience Corps (EC) to determine if participation for adults 60 years and older, over two years of follow-up, results in better outcomes in the EC versus control arm in terms of mobility, strength, balance, and cognitive functioning.
The Experience Corps is a community-based model for health promotion for older adults embedded within a social engagement program. The program places older adult volunteers in meaningful roles in public elementary schools, bringing the time, experience, and wisdom of older adults to bear in improving academic and behavioral outcomes of children. The Experience Corps incorporates health promotion preventing disability and dependency associated with aging, into new, generative roles for older adults.
This program was initially designed by Dr. Linda Fried of this application, along with Marc Freedman of Civic Ventures, Inc. It has gone through two national demonstrations, neither of which evaluated the impact on older adults.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer | Experimental | Behavioral: Experience CorpsHigh intensity volunteering (15 hours a week or greater) in Baltimore City Schools with children in grades K-3 |
| Control | No intervention | –Usual activities |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 60 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (8 listed)
- 60 years or older
- Agree to commit to at least 1 year of participation in the EC and to participate at least 15 hours per week for the full school year, if randomized to the intervention group
- Meet minimum criteria for cognitive functioning necessary to function successfully in a school setting
- Functionally literate, using a nationally recognized and standardized evaluation which provides grade level equivalency in reading and spelling
- Ability to travel to the schools, if randomized to the intervention group
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Under 60 years of age
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Experience CorpsHigh intensity volunteering (15 hours a week or more) over a two year time period working with children in grades K-3 in Baltimore City Schools. Controls are assigned to usual activities for two years and then offered opportunity to volunteer with children at the end of two year. | Behavioural | Volunteer |
Primary outcome
Decreased disability in mobility and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)
Time frame: Measured in 4 month intevals from baseline to 24 month
Walking speed, chair stands, questionnaires related to mobility and activities
3 secondary outcomes
Decreased falls
Time frame: Measured in 4 month intervals from baseline to 24 month
decreased rate of decline in memory
Time frame: Measured in 4 month intervals from baseline to 24 month
increased, preserved or slowed decline in strength, balance, walking speed, frailty, timed "get up and go", cortical plasticity and executive function and speed and accuracy in objective IADL task performance
Time frame: Measured in 4 month intervals from baseline to 24 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 19 Sep 2013.
- Background: PubMed 15047786Fried LP, Carlson MC, Freedman M, Frick KD, Glass TA, Hill J, McGill S, Rebok GW, Seeman T, Tielsch J, Wasik BA, Zeger S. A social model for health promotion for an aging population: initial evidence on the Experience Corps model. J Urban Health. 2004 Mar;81(1):64-78. doi: 10.1093/jurban/jth094.
- Background: PubMed 15047789Frick KD, Carlson MC, Glass TA, McGill S, Rebok GW, Simpson C, Fried LP. Modeled cost-effectiveness of the Experience Corps Baltimore based on a pilot randomized trial. J Urban Health. 2004 Mar;81(1):106-17. doi: 10.1093/jurban/jth097.
- Background: PubMed 23680986Fried LP, Carlson MC, McGill S, Seeman T, Xue QL, Frick K, Tan E, Tanner EK, Barron J, Frangakis C, Piferi R, Martinez I, Gruenewald T, Martin BK, Berry-Vaughn L, Stewart J, Dickersin K, Willging PR, Rebok GW. Experience Corps: a dual trial to promote the health of older adults and children's academic success. Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Sep;36(1):1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.05.003. Epub 2013 May 13.
- Background: PubMed 23887931Tan EJ, McGill S, Tanner EK, Carlson MC, Rebok GW, Seeman TE, Fried LP. The evolution of an academic-community partnership in the design, implementation, and evaluation of experience corps(R) Baltimore city: a courtship model. Gerontologist. 2014 Apr;54(2):314-21. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt072. Epub 2013 Jul 25.
- Background: PubMed 23144524Parisi JM, Rebok GW, Seeman TE, Tanner EK, Tan EJ, Fried LP, Xue QL, Frick KD, Carlson MC. Lifestyle Activities in Sociodemographically at-risk Urban, Older Adults Prior to Participation in the Baltimore Experience Corps((R)) Trial. Act Adapt Aging. 2012 Jan 1;36(3):242-260. doi: 10.1080/01924788.2012.702306. Epub 2012 Sep 18.
- Background: PubMed 22928110Parisi JM, Rebok GW, Xue QL, Fried LP, Seeman TE, Tanner EK, Gruenewald TL, Frick KD, Carlson MC. The role of education and intellectual activity on cognition. J Aging Res. 2012;2012:416132. doi: 10.1155/2012/416132. Epub 2012 Aug 9.
- Background: PubMed 21884161Agbedia OO, Varma VR, Seplaki CL, Seeman TE, Fried LP, Li L, Harris GC, Rebok GW, Xue QL, Tan EJ, Tanner E, Parisi JM, McGill S, Carlson MC. Blunted diurnal decline of cortisol among older adults with low socioeconomic status. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2011 Aug;1231:56-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06151.x.
- Background: PubMed 20167888Tan EJ, Tanner EK, Seeman TE, Xue QL, Rebok GW, Frick KD, Carlson MC, Wang T, Piferi RL, McGill S, Whitfield KE, Fried LP. Marketing public health through older adult volunteering: Experience Corps as a social marketing intervention. Am J Public Health. 2010 Apr;100(4):727-34. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.169151. Epub 2010 Feb 18.
- Background: PubMed 19692672Carlson MC, Erickson KI, Kramer AF, Voss MW, Bolea N, Mielke M, McGill S, Rebok GW, Seeman T, Fried LP. Evidence for neurocognitive plasticity in at-risk older adults: the experience corps program. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009 Dec;64(12):1275-82. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glp117. Epub 2009 Aug 19.
- Background: PubMed 19181687Tan EJ, Rebok GW, Yu Q, Frangakis CE, Carlson MC, Wang T, Ricks M, Tanner EK, McGill S, Fried LP. The long-term relationship between high-intensity volunteering and physical activity in older African American women. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2009 Mar;64(2):304-11. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbn023. Epub 2009 Jan 29.
- Background: PubMed 19139252Carlson MC, Saczynski JS, Rebok GW, Seeman T, Glass TA, McGill S, Tielsch J, Frick KD, Hill J, Fried LP. Exploring the effects of an "everyday" activity program on executive function and memory in older adults: Experience Corps. Gerontologist. 2008 Dec;48(6):793-801. doi: 10.1093/geront/48.6.793.
- Background: PubMed 15047788Glass TA, Freedman M, Carlson MC, Hill J, Frick KD, Ialongo N, McGill S, Rebok GW, Seeman T, Tielsch JM, Wasik BA, Zeger S, Fried LP. Experience Corps: design of an intergenerational program to boost social capital and promote the health of an aging society. J Urban Health. 2004 Mar;81(1):94-105. doi: 10.1093/jurban/jth096.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
George Rebok, PhD principal investigator
Johns Hopkins University
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Experience Corps in people with Aging and Generativity, run by Johns Hopkins 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 8 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 19 Sep 2013. 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?
Decreased disability in mobility and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) (time frame: Measured in 4 month intevals from baseline to 24 month). 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 NCT00380562, which also lists 14 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 19 Sep 2013.