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Accidental FallsPhase 3STRIDENCT02475850

Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders

A Phase 3 study testing Evidence-based tailored fall prevention in people with Accidental Falls and Wounds and Injuries, run by Brigham and Women's Hospital at 10 sites 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

The aim of this pragmatic cluster-randomized trial is to determine the effectiveness of an evidence-based, patient-centered multifactorial fall injury prevention strategy in community dwelling older adults at risk of falls recruited from 86 primary care practices around the U.S. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 70 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Accidental Falls, Wounds and Injuries
What is being tested?
Evidence-based tailored fall prevention
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
5,451 participants
Where
10 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Aug 2015to Jan 2020
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 70 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • The patient is at least 70 years of age.
  • The patient must answer 'yes' to one or more of the following questions:
  • Have you fallen and hurt yourself in the past year?
  • Have you fallen 2 or more times in the past year?
  • Are you afraid that you might fall because of balance or walking problems?

Who cannot join

  • The patient is enrolled in hospice.
  • The patient resides in a nursing home.
  • The patient is not capable of providing informed consent (or assent), and a proxy is not available.
  • The patient does not speak English or Spanish

Trial locations and contacts

10 sites in 1 country.

10 sites in 1 country

United States10 sites
  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, Maryland

  • Partners Healthcare

    Boston, Massachusetts

  • University of Iowa Health Alliance

    Des Moines, Iowa

  • Essentia Health

    Duluth, Minnesota

  • University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

    Galveston, Texas

  • Mt Sinai Health System

    New York, New York

  • University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Healthcare Partners

    Torrance, California

  • Reliant Medical Group

    Worcester, Massachusetts

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About this study

Official title: Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Fall Injury Prevention Strategy

The aim of this pragmatic cluster-randomized trial is to determine the effectiveness of an evidence-based, patient-centered multifactorial fall injury prevention strategy in community dwelling older adults at risk of falls recruited from 86 primary care practices around the U.S.

Read the detailed description

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of an evidence-based, patient-centered multifactorial fall injury prevention strategy implemented within primary care practices using usual health care resources

Design: This study is a cluster randomized, parallel group superiority trial with practices stratified by healthcare system and patients nested within practices. The unit of randomization is the practice.

Study Duration: The total study duration is 5 years. Recruitment will take place over 20 months, with follow-up taking place for 24 months - 44 months depending on date of enrollment.

Trial Sites: 86 primary care practices that are part of 10 trial sites located around the U.S.: The Partners' Health Care System; Essentia; Hopkins Health Care System; HealthCare Partners; Reliant Health Care System; Mount Sinai Health Care System; University of Pittsburgh Health Care System; University of Texas Medical Branch Health Care System; University of Iowa Health Care System; University of Michigan Health Care System.

Number of Subjects: The original target sample size was 6,000 participants enrolled in 86 practices to provide 90% power to detect a 20% reduction in the rate of the primary outcome with intervention relative to control. The study was originally designed for a study duration of 36 months with 18 months of recruitment and a minimum of 18 months of follow-up. The study was extended to a 44 month study (20 months of recruitment and a minimum 24 month of follow-up). For a 44 month trial, it was estimated that a sample size of 5,322 subjects would provide 90% power to detect a 20% reduction in the rate of the primary outcome with the intervention relative to control.

Main Inclusion Criteria Community-living persons, 70 years or older, who are at increased risk for serious fall injuries.

Intervention: An evidence-based patient-centered intervention that will combine elements of a multifactorial, risk factor-based, standardly-tailored fall prevention strategy developed at Yale, practice guidelines offered by the Center for Disease Control's (CDC's) "STEADI" toolbox (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Disability and Injury) and the joint American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society guidelines, and Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) practice change approach. The fall prevention strategies will be systematically implemented into clinical practice using: delivery system design to improve quality (Co-management); decision support (algorithms); information systems (software); self-management support (patient/caregiver engagement and activation); and linkage to community-based resources.

Primary Outcome: The primary outcome is adjudicated serious fall injuries, operationalized as a fall resulting in: (1) (fracture other than thoracic/lumbar vertebral; joint dislocation; or cut requiring closure) AND any medical attention; OR (2) (head injury; sprain or strain; bruising or swelling; or other) requiring hospitalization.

Primary Analysis: The risk of any serious fall injury (i.e., time to first event) will be analyzed using a survival model that incorporates competing risks (due to death) and clustering. In this analysis, participants who are lost to follow-up without a prior serious fall-related injury will be censored at their date last seen. In a sensitivity analysis, the investigators will adjust for the pre-specified set of baseline covariates to examine their influence on the intervention effect.

Secondary Outcomes: All self-reported falls, all self-reported fall-related injuries, and measures of well-being.

Being tested
Evidence-based tailored fall prevention, Usual care
Medical subject headings
Wounds and Injuries

What participants receive

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

  • Evidence-based tailored fall preventionOther

  • Usual careOther

Study groups in NCT02475850
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Fall prevention standard of careOtherAn evidence-based patient-centered intervention that will combine elements of a multifactorial, risk factor-based, standardly-tailored fall prevention strategy developed at Yale, practice guidelines offered by the CDC's "STEADI" toolbox and the joint American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society guidelines, and ACOVE practice change approach
Receives: Other: Evidence-based tailored fall prevention
ControlOtherUsual fall prevention care
Receives: Other: Usual care

What is being measured

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

  1. First Adjudicated Serious Fall-Related Injury

    Number of first adjudicated serious fall-related injury serious fall-related injury events per 100 per years of follow-up.

    Measured: Enrollment through last completed follow-up or death interview (max 44 months)

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. First Self-reported Fall-related Injury

    Number of first self-reported fall-related injuries per 100 per years of follow-up

    Measured: Enrollment through last completed follow-up or death interview (max 44 months)

  2. Time to Self-reported Falls

    ** data for this outcome was not collected

    Measured: these data were not collected

  3. Physical Function

    Late Life Function and Disability Instrument (LL-FDI) function score. The scores are on a 0-100 scale, higher score = better function. The measure reported is the mean of scores at the 12-month and 24-months follow-up assessment

    Measured: measured at 12-month and 24-month follow-up assessments, reported score is an average (mean) of the follow-up scores

  4. Disability

    Late Life Function and Disability Instrument (LL-FDI) disability score. The scores are on a 0-100 scale, higher score = less disability. The measure reported is the mean of scores at the 12-month and 24-months follow-up assessment

    Measured: measured at 12-month and 24-month follow-up assessments, reported score is an average (mean) of the follow-up scores

  5. Anxiety

    Patient-reported Outcome Measure Information System (PROMIS) Anxiety subscale. Measured on a 8-40 Scale, higher score = more anxiety.

    Measured: Measured at 12-month and 24-month follow-up assessments, reported score is an average (mean) of the follow-up scores.

  6. Depression

    PROMIS depression subscale. Measured on a 8-40 Scale, higher score = more depression.

    Measured: Measured at 12-month and 24-month follow-up assessments, reported score is an average (mean) of the follow-up scores.

  7. Fear of Falling

    Falls Efficacy Scale. Measured on a 10-40 Scale, higher score = more fear of falling.

    Measured: Measured at 12-month and 24-month follow-up assessments, reported score is an average (mean) of the follow-up scores.

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Jun 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2015
  3. Primary completionDec 2019
  4. Study completionJan 2020

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 3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
5,451 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02475850
Sponsor's protocol ID
U01AG048270
Other IDs
1U01AG048270-01
Acronym
STRIDE
Status last verified
Mar 2021
First submitted
1 Jun 2015
Last updated
3 Mar 2021
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Esserman D, Greene EJ, Latham NK, Kane M, Lu C, Peduzzi PN, Gill TM, Ganz DA. Assessing readiness to use electronic health record data for outcome ascertainment in clinical trials - A case study. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Jul;142:107572. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107572. Epub 2024 May 11.

    PubMed 38740298
  • Ganz DA, Gill TM, Reuben DB, Bhasin S, Latham NK, Peduzzi P, Greene EJ. Costs of fall injuries in the STRIDE study: an economic evaluation of healthcare system heterogeneity and heterogeneity of treatment effect. Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2023 Aug 2;21(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12962-023-00459-3.

    PubMed 37533073
  • Ganz DA, Yuan AH, Greene EJ, Latham NK, Araujo K, Siu AL, Magaziner J, Gurwitz JH, Wu AW, Alexander NB, Wallace RB, Greenspan SL, Rich J, Volpi E, Waring SC, Dykes PC, Ko F, Resnick NM, McMahon SK, Basaria S, Wang R, Lu C, Esserman D, Dziura J, Miller ME, Travison TG, Peduzzi P, Bhasin S, Reuben DB, Gill TM. Effect of the STRIDE fall injury prevention intervention on falls, fall injuries, and health-related quality of life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Nov;70(11):3221-3229. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17964. Epub 2022 Aug 6.

    PubMed 35932279
  • Esserman DA, Gill TM, Miller ME, Greene EJ, Dziura JD, Travison TG, Meng C, Peduzzi PN. A case study of ascertainment bias for the primary outcome in the Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE) trial. Clin Trials. 2021 Apr;18(2):207-214. doi: 10.1177/1740774520980070. Epub 2021 Mar 7.

    PubMed 33678038
  • Gill TM, Bhasin S, Reuben DB, Latham NK, Araujo K, Ganz DA, Boult C, Wu AW, Magaziner J, Alexander N, Wallace RB, Miller ME, Travison TG, Greenspan SL, Gurwitz JH, Rich J, Volpi E, Waring SC, Manini TM, Min LC, Teresi J, Dykes PC, McMahon S, McGloin JM, Skokos EA, Charpentier P, Basaria S, Duncan PW, Storer TW, Gazarian P, Allore HG, Dziura J, Esserman D, Carnie MB, Hanson C, Ko F, Resnick NM, Wiggins J, Lu C, Meng C, Goehring L, Fagan M, Correa-de-Araujo R, Casteel C, Peduzzi P, Greene EJ. Effect of a Multifactorial Fall Injury Prevention Intervention on Patient Well-Being: The STRIDE Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Jan;69(1):173-179. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16854. Epub 2020 Oct 9.

    PubMed 33037632
  • 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
  • Esserman D. From screening to ascertainment of the primary outcome using electronic health records: Challenges in the STRIDE trial. Clin Trials. 2020 Aug;17(4):346-350. doi: 10.1177/1740774520920898. Epub 2020 May 14.

    PubMed 32408769
  • Gill TM, McGloin JM, Shelton A, Bianco LM, Skokos EA, Latham NK, Ganz DA, Nyquist LV, Wallace RB, Carnie MB, Dykes PC, Goehring LA, Doyle M, Charpentier PA, Greene EJ, Araujo KL. Optimizing Retention in a Pragmatic Trial of Community-Living Older Persons: The STRIDE Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Jun;68(6):1242-1249. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16356. Epub 2020 Mar 25.

    PubMed 32212395
  • Ganz DA, Siu AL, Magaziner J, Latham NK, Travison TG, Lorenze NP, Lu C, Wang R, Greene EJ, Stowe CL, Harvin LN, Araujo KLB, Gurwitz JH, Agrawal Y, Correa-De-Araujo R, Peduzzi P, Gill TM; STRIDE Investigators. Protocol for serious fall injury adjudication in the Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE) study. Inj Epidemiol. 2019 Apr 15;6:14. doi: 10.1186/s40621-019-0190-2. eCollection 2019.

    PubMed 31245263
  • Gill TM, McGloin JM, Latham NK, Charpentier PA, Araujo KL, Skokos EA, Lu C, Shelton A, Bhasin S, Bianco LM, Carnie MB, Covinsky KE, Dykes P, Esserman DA, Ganz DA, Gurwitz JH, Hanson C, Nyquist LV, Reuben DB, Wallace RB, Greene EJ. Screening, Recruitment, and Baseline Characteristics for the Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE) Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2018 Oct 8;73(11):1495-1501. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gly076.

    PubMed 30020415

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Evidence-based tailored fall prevention in people with Accidental Falls and Wounds and Injuries, run by Brigham and Women's Hospital at 10 sites 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 5 inclusion and 4 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 3 Mar 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 10 sites 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.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 3 Mar 2021). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

First Adjudicated Serious Fall-Related Injury (time frame: Enrollment through last completed follow-up or death interview (max 44 months)). 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 NCT02475850, which also lists 10 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 3 Mar 2021.

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