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Dementia, MildNCT05187117

CAPABLE Family Pilot - Adapting CAPABLE for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)/Early Stage Dementia and Their Care Partners

A study testing CAPABLE Family - Open Label Pilot in people with Dementia, Mild and Mild Cognitive Impairment, run by Johns Hopkins University at 1 site 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 purpose of this study is to test the adapted protocol, CAPABLE Family which builds upon the evidenced based CAPABLE program to address older adults with co-occurring physical disability and mild cognitive impairment or early stage dementia and the older adults' caregivers. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 60 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
CAPABLE Family - Open Label Pilot
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
74 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
9 Mar 2022to 15 Apr 2024
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

  • Have at least 1 ADL disability
  • Have mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia (as indicated by clinician diagnosis, subjective cognitive complaints, or Blind/Telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)(score of 16-23)
  • Care partners will be included if they provide >10 hours of care/week
  • Live in Baltimore City/County

Who cannot join

  • Live in long term care setting

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205

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About this study

Official title: CAPABLE Family Pilot

The purpose of this study is to test the adapted protocol, CAPABLE Family which builds upon the evidenced based CAPABLE program to address older adults with co-occurring physical disability and mild cognitive impairment or early stage dementia and the older adults' caregivers. It will consist of two phases - an open label pilot and waitlist control trial.

Read the detailed description

CAPABLE (NA_00031539) is an evidence-based program that reduces physical disability, but was designed for people who are cognitively intact.

The investigators seek to adapt CAPABLE to meet the needs of older adults with physical disability and mild cognitive impairment and early stage dementia. The investigators also seek to meet the needs of family members who serve as informal caregivers in relation to the physical function of those with cognitive impairment. The purpose of this pilot study is to test a new protocol for a new program, CAPABLE Family, to address older adults with co-occurring physical disability and dementia and the older adults' caregivers.

CAPABLE is a multicomponent goal-directed program that reduces physical disability by working with the person and environment, but was designed for people who are cognitively intact. Based on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) request, the investigators' team briefly included people with mild dementia in the regular CAPABLE protocol. Looking back on that preliminary data, the investigators identified a subset of 12 older adults with mild dementia with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores of 23 or below. The investigators found that more than half improved in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) which is promising but much lower than CAPABLE the rest of the cohorts which suggests the need to adapt CAPABLE for people with dementia. Therefore, the investigators have adapted CAPABLE for people with mild cognitive impairment or early stage dementia calling it CAPABLE Family.

As in CAPABLE (NA_00031539), the delivery characteristics of CAPABLE Family consist of an assessment-driven, individually tailored package of interventions delivered over the course of 4 months by an occupational therapist (OT) (~6 home visits for ≤ 1hour), a registered nurse (RN) (~4 home visits for ≤ 1hour) and a handy worker (HW).

This research study is a continuation of IRB00243117 during which the investigators conducted preliminary activities to design the CAPABLE Family intervention. This study will include two phases, an open label pilot and a randomized control trial. The investigators will collect feedback during the open label pilot from the study team clinicians, older adult participants and care partners to further refine the intervention that will be tested as part of the randomized control trial.

Being tested
CAPABLE Family - Open Label Pilot, CAPABLE Family - Randomized Control Trial
Keywords
Activities of Daily Living, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Caregiving, Physical Function, Executive Function, Home, Intervention, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Early Dementia
Medical subject headings
Dementia, Lymphoma, Follicular, Cognitive Dysfunction, Caregiver Burden, Depression

What participants receive

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

  • CAPABLE Family - Open Label PilotBehavioural

    As in CAPABLE (NA_00031539), the delivery characteristics of CAPABLE Family consist of an assessment-driven, individually tailored package of interventions delivered over the course of 4 months by an occupational therapist (OT) (~6 home visits for ≤ 1hour), a registered nurse (RN) (~4 home visits for ≤ 1hour) and a handy worker (HW).

    Adaptations for cognitive decline will be made on a per-client basis as part of the open-label pilot. Topics of adaptations include problem areas addresses, care partner involvement, length/frequency of visits, types of assessments and questions asked, and brainstorming/action planning structure.

  • CAPABLE Family - Randomized Control TrialBehavioural

    As in CAPABLE (NA_00031539), the delivery characteristics of CAPABLE Family consist of an assessment-driven, individually tailored package of interventions delivered over the course of 4 months by an occupational therapist (OT) (~6 home visits for ≤ 1hour), a registered nurse (RN) (~4 home visits for ≤ 1hour) and a handy worker (HW). Refinements based on the open label pilot results will be included.

Study groups in NCT05187117
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Open Label PilotExperimentalThe Open Label Pilot (Phase 4) will include testing the CAPABLE Family intervention with 6 individuals with MCI or early-stage dementia. At least 5 of the 6 older adults will be required to have a family member involved. Assuming all have a family member involved (though one may not), 12 participants will be enrolled in the open label pilot. Open label pilot participants will be asked to provide feedback halfway through the intervention and at the end via phone conversations with the research study team, allowing the study team to make changes accordingly.
Receives: Behavioral: CAPABLE Family - Open Label Pilot
Randomized Control Pilot - Intervention ArmExperimentalAfter the open label pilot, 17 older adults (and if available, care partners) will be randomized to the CAPABLE Family intervention. They will be assessed at baseline, after the 4 month intervention, and after the waitlist control arm.
Receives: Behavioral: CAPABLE Family - Randomized Control Trial
Randomized Control Pilot - Waitlist Control ArmActive comparatorThe waitlist control group, 17 older adults and if available, care partners, will receive the intervention after they have served as controls to the immediate treatment group, ensuring all participants have access to the intervention.
Receives: Behavioral: CAPABLE Family - Randomized Control Trial

What is being measured

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

  1. Change in Function as assessed by the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living

    6 questions, each 1 point for a total score of 6. A score closer to 6 indicates high patient independence.

    Measured: Baseline, 16 weeks, 32 weeks

  2. Change in Function as assessed by Lawton & Brody's assessment of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale

    The assessment contains 8 questions with answers that are either a score of 0 or 1. A summary score ranges from 0 (low function, dependent) to 8 (high function, independent) for women and 0 through 5 for men to avoid potential gender bias.

    Measured: Baseline, 16 weeks, 32 weeks

  3. Change in Pain as assessed by the Brief Pain Inventory (Short Form)

    The Brief Pain Inventory - Short Form is a 9 item self-administered questionnaire used to evaluate the severity of a patient's pain and the impact of this pain on the patient's daily functioning. The patient is asked to rate their worst, least, average, and current pain intensity, list current treatments and their perceived effectiveness, and rate the degree that pain interferes with general activity, mood, walking ability, normal work, relations with other persons, sleep, and enjoyment of life on a 10 point scale. For the 10 point scale, 0 indicated no pain and 10 indicates the worst imaginable pain.

    Measured: Baseline, 16 weeks, 32 weeks

  4. Change in Depression as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ-8)

    The PHQ-8 contains 8 questions, with a 0-3 scale. A score of 10 or greater is considered major depression, 20 or more is severe major depression.

    Measured: Baseline, 16 weeks, 32 weeks

  5. Change in caregiving burden as assessed by the Perceived Change Index Scale

    The Perceived Change Index Scale contains13 questions related to change in caregiver self-improvement wellbeing. Each rated on a scale of 1-5, 1 indicating much worse, 5 indicating improved a lot. The higher the overall score, the greater the improvement.

    Measured: 16 weeks, 32 weeks

  6. Change in Perceived Change in Function Scale Score

    14 questions related to perceived improvement in function. Scale of -2 (gotten much worse) to 2 (improved a lot). The higher the overall score, the greater the improvement.

    Measured: 16 weeks, 32 weeks

  7. Satisfaction at midpoint of intervention assessed by qualitative questions

    Older Adult and Care Partner Satisfaction at midpoint of intervention assessed by qualitative questions. Qualitative questions will help us understand how best to tailor the intervention for the randomized control pilot.

    Measured: 8 weeks

  8. Satisfaction at endpoint of intervention as assessed by qualitative questions

    Older Adult and Care Partner Satisfaction at endpoint of intervention assessed by qualitative questions. Qualitative questions will help us understand how best to tailor the intervention for the randomized control pilot.

    Measured: 16 weeks

  9. Level of Cognitive Impairment for eligibility as assessed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Blind/Telephone

    Scoring for the Blind/Telephone assessment is out of 22. Score of 12-17 indicates Mild Cognitive Impairment/Early Stage Dementia and is the eligibility requirement for participation in the study.

    Measured: Baseline

Timeline

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

  1. First posted11 Jan 2022
  2. Study start9 Mar 2022
  3. Primary completion15 Apr 2024
  4. Study completion15 Apr 2024

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 N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Waitlist Control Trial
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
74 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05187117
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRB00290674
Status last verified
Apr 2024
First submitted
22 Dec 2021
Last updated
17 Apr 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Szanton SL, Wolff JW, Leff B, Thorpe RJ, Tanner EK, Boyd C, Xue Q, Guralnik J, Bishai D, Gitlin LN. CAPABLE trial: a randomized controlled trial of nurse, occupational therapist and handyman to reduce disability among older adults: rationale and design. Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 May;38(1):102-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.03.005. Epub 2014 Mar 28.

    PubMed 24685996

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing CAPABLE Family - Open Label Pilot in people with Dementia, Mild and Mild Cognitive Impairment, 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 4 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 17 Apr 2024. 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?

Change in Function as assessed by the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (time frame: Baseline, 16 weeks, 32 weeks). The study lists 9 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT05187117, 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 Apr 2024.

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