AgingCHARMNCT04882696
Evaluation of the Impact of Non-slip Socks on Motor Recovery in the Elderly
A study testing Non-slip socks in people with Aging and Acute Care Unit, run by Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee at 1 site in France.
Trial summary
Some authors suggest a possible clinical interest of anti-slip socks. The scientific literature presents studies with methodological limitations. It is therefore not currently possible to judge the specific interest of anti-slip socks in an elderly hospitalized population. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 75 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Aging, Acute Care Unit, Fall Injury
- What is being tested?
- Non-slip socks
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1 participants
- Where
- 1 siteFrance
- Study dates
- 4 Mar 2022to 11 Mar 2022
- 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 75 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patient in Geriatric acute care or Post-Emergency Medicine,
- Patient 75 years and older,
- Patient requiring physiotherapy,
- Patient with a minimum of 7 days of physical therapy
- Patient arrived with unsuitable footwear (assessment at the discretion of the clinician: no back support, unsuitable size, etc.) or without footwear,
- Patient able to walk at least 10 m with or without technical assistance,
- Patient who has given oral consent
- Patient with social security coverage.
Who cannot join
- Inability to understand or perform study-specific clinical tests
- Known cognitive impairment, disease or condition that compromises comprehension of information or informed consent by the patient
- Blind patient
- Patient under guardianship or curatorship
- Patient participating in an interventional clinical research protocol that may alter the assessments of this protocol.
- Patient previously included in the Charm study
- Patient with an identified risk of being unable to wear socks or to walk barefoot within the next 7 days (need for compression stockings or socks, wound, excessive edema, orthostatic hypotension, other)
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Evaluation of the Impact of Non-slip Socks on Motor Recovery in the Elderly An Open Label, Single-center, Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study
Some authors suggest a possible clinical interest of anti-slip socks. The scientific literature presents studies with methodological limitations. It is therefore not currently possible to judge the specific interest of anti-slip socks in an elderly hospitalized population.
The investigatorswould therefore like to know the interest of wearing non-slip socks in the management of these patients, and more particularly on the main objective of rehabilitation in geriatric physiotherapy: motor function.
Read the detailed description
Some authors suggest a possible clinical interest of anti-slip socks. The scientific literature presents studies with methodological limitations, but above all a different population than the one the investigators are interested in. It is therefore not currently possible to judge the specific interest of anti-slip socks in an elderly hospitalized population.
Evaluating the value of these socks could allow to recommend them with solid data. Preventing this iatrogenic loss of autonomy would have a positive impact on the motor capacities of patients, a quicker and easier return home, and a reduction in health costs.
The investigators would therefore like to know the interest of wearing non-slip socks in the management of these patients, and more particularly on the main objective of rehabilitation in geriatric physiotherapy: motor function.
- Conditions
- Aging, Acute Care Unit, Fall Injury
- Being tested
- Non-slip socks
- Keywords
- non slip socks, aging, rehabilitation
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Non-slip socksOther
Patients will wear non-slip socks during their hospitalization
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| usual care with bare feet | No intervention | patients will be treated barefoot during their stay |
| specific care with anti-slip socks | Experimental | Patients in this group will wear non-slip socks Receives: Other: Non-slip socks |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change from Baseline walking speed (start of physiotherapy treatment) at D8.
Change from Baseline walking speed at the patient's preferred speed over 10m between (start of physiotherapy treatment) at D8.
Measured: Day 8
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 May 2021
- Study start4 Mar 2022
- Primary completion11 Mar 2022
- Study completion11 Mar 2022
Why it stopped: slow recruitment
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for AgingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- 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
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 1 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Thomas RULLEAU, Principal investigator, Departmental Hospital Center of Vendee
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04882696
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CHD 20-0059
- Acronym
- CHARM
- Status last verified
- Nov 2025
- First submitted
- 29 Apr 2021
- Last updated
- 17 Nov 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Rulleau T, Planche L, Dorion A, Soldani G, Blain C, Chapeleau C, Bleher Y, Da Silva C, Launeau N, Joguet E, Fevrier R, Decours R. Evaluation of the impact of non-slip socks on the motor recovery of elderly people in acute care hospitals: Protocol for a randomized, controlled trial study. PLoS One. 2023 May 1;18(5):e0283226. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283226. eCollection 2023.
PubMed 37126507
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 17 Nov 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluation of the Impact of Non-slip Socks on Motor Recovery in the Elderly An Open Label, Single-center, Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04882696
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CHARM / CHD 20-0059
- Conditions
- Aging, Acute Care Unit, Fall Injury
- Keywords
- non slip socks, aging, rehabilitation
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: slow recruitment
- Enrolment
- 1 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Departemental VendeeUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 4 Mar 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 11 Mar 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 11 Mar 2022 (actual)
- First posted
- 12 May 2021 (actual)
- 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.
Some authors suggest a possible clinical interest of anti-slip socks. The scientific literature presents studies with methodological limitations. It is therefore not currently possible to judge the specific interest of anti-slip socks in an elderly hospitalized population.
The investigatorswould therefore like to know the interest of wearing non-slip socks in the management of these patients, and more particularly on the main objective of rehabilitation in geriatric physiotherapy: motor function.
Detailed description
Some authors suggest a possible clinical interest of anti-slip socks. The scientific literature presents studies with methodological limitations, but above all a different population than the one the investigators are interested in. It is therefore not currently possible to judge the specific interest of anti-slip socks in an elderly hospitalized population.
Evaluating the value of these socks could allow to recommend them with solid data. Preventing this iatrogenic loss of autonomy would have a positive impact on the motor capacities of patients, a quicker and easier return home, and a reduction in health costs.
The investigators would therefore like to know the interest of wearing non-slip socks in the management of these patients, and more particularly on the main objective of rehabilitation in geriatric physiotherapy: motor function.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| usual care with bare feet | No intervention | –patients will be treated barefoot during their stay |
| specific care with anti-slip socks | Experimental | Other: Non-slip socksPatients in this group will wear non-slip socks |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 75 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (8 listed)
- Patient in Geriatric acute care or Post-Emergency Medicine,
- Patient 75 years and older,
- Patient requiring physiotherapy,
- Patient with a minimum of 7 days of physical therapy
- Patient arrived with unsuitable footwear (assessment at the discretion of the clinician: no back support, unsuitable size, etc.) or without footwear,
Key exclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Inability to understand or perform study-specific clinical tests
- Known cognitive impairment, disease or condition that compromises comprehension of information or informed consent by the patient
- Blind patient
- Patient under guardianship or curatorship
- Patient participating in an interventional clinical research protocol that may alter the assessments of this protocol.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Non-slip socksPatients will wear non-slip socks during their hospitalization | Other | specific care with anti-slip socks |
Primary outcome
Change from Baseline walking speed (start of physiotherapy treatment) at D8.
Time frame: Day 8
Change from Baseline walking speed at the patient's preferred speed over 10m between (start of physiotherapy treatment) at D8.
Results and safety
The study was stopped early (reason given: slow recruitment). Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 17 Nov 2025.
- Background: PubMed 37126507Rulleau T, Planche L, Dorion A, Soldani G, Blain C, Chapeleau C, Bleher Y, Da Silva C, Launeau N, Joguet E, Fevrier R, Decours R. Evaluation of the impact of non-slip socks on the motor recovery of elderly people in acute care hospitals: Protocol for a randomized, controlled trial study. PLoS One. 2023 May 1;18(5):e0283226. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283226. eCollection 2023.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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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.
Thomas RULLEAU principal investigator
Departmental Hospital Center of Vendee
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Non-slip socks in people with Aging and Acute Care Unit, run by Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee at 1 site in France.
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 7 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Nov 2025. 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 France. 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 was stopped early (reason given: slow recruitment). Results are not available in the source record.
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?
Change from Baseline walking speed (start of physiotherapy treatment) at D8. (time frame: Day 8). 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 NCT04882696, which also lists 1 linked publication.
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 17 Nov 2025.