Frailty at Older AdultsengAGENCT07112638
The engAGE Project: Immersive Intergenerational Intervention to Improve Movement in Older Adults
A study testing immersive technology-based intergenerational intervention to improve movement patterns in older adults in people with Frailty at Older Adults, run by University Ramon Llull at 2 sites in Spain.
Trial summary
The engAGE project is an innovative, non-oriented research initiative that seeks to advance public health knowledge to promote quality of life and functional independence in older adults. It combines expertise in public health, education, pedagogy, psychology, and technology with a novel approach. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 65 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Frailty at Older Adults
- What is being tested?
- immersive technology-based intergenerational intervention to improve movement patterns in older adults
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 240 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesSpain
- Study dates
- 3 Feb 2025to 1 Jan 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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 65 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Aged 65 years or older.
- Community-dwelling older adults.
- Regular attendance at most sessions (at least 80% attendance).
- Ability to move autonomously, with or without technical assistance.
- Provision of informed consent.
Who cannot join
- Presence of severe cognitive deficits, assessed by the Pfeiffer test (8 to 10 errors) (Martínez de la Iglesiaa et al., 2001).
- Lack of participation.
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
Spain2 sites
Blanquerna - Ramon Llull University
Barcelona, Barcelona, 08022
Universitat Blanquerna
Barcelona, Barcelona, 08022
About this study
Official title: Effects of an Immersive Technology-based Intergenerational Intervention to Improve Movement Patterns in Older Adults: Co-creation and a Randomised Controlled Trial (engAGE) Study Protocol.
The engAGE project is an innovative, non-oriented research initiative that seeks to advance public health knowledge to promote quality of life and functional independence in older adults. It combines expertise in public health, education, pedagogy, psychology, and technology with a novel approach.
The project is divided in two phases:
Read more
Phase 1:
Involves the co-creation of an intergenerational intervention designed to improve movement patterns of community-dwelling older adults (65+), recruited from community and day care centres. Using participatory action research, interventions will be co-designed with older adults, family members (including children and grandchildren), students, health and education professionals, technology experts, and researchers. The reserachers aim is to reduce sedentary behaviour (SB), increase physical activity (PA), and explore the added value of immersive technology to enhance uptake, adherence, and sustainability.
Phase 2:
Evaluate the effects of the tailored, co-created intervention through a randomised controlled clinical trial. Movement patterns will be assessed via accelerometry and observational measures (time in SB, active vs. passive SB, standing, walking, steps, and transitions) at baseline, post-intervention, 6 months, and 12 months. In addition to movement outcomes, secondary measures will include functional capacity, independence, loneliness, social isolation, physical function, body composition, quality of life, depression, anxiety, and cost-utility.
Read the detailed description
The present project is innovative, and it is presented as a non-oriented research project that aims to advance the current knowledge of promoting public health research for a better quality of life and functional independence of the older adult population, including community-dwelling older adults. The current proposal brings together knowledge in public health, education, pedagogy, psychology, and technology with a novel approach.
The EngAGE project approaches to co-create an intergenerational intervention aimed at improving PA and reducing SB in community-dwelling older adults, followed by an evaluation of its effects on PA and SB, with a special focus on whether these effects are maintained in the mid and long term.
The project is divided in two phases:
Phase 1:
Co-create an intergenerational intervention based on technology solutions to improve movement patterns [reduce sedentary behaviour (SB) and increase physical activity (PA) levels] of community-dwelling older adults (recruited from day care and community centres) (65 years and older). Tailored to each setting, interventions will be designed together with end-users, family members (including children and grandchildren), primary and secondary school students, health professionals, health management professionals (e.g., hospital directors), technology experts, primary and secondary education professionals (teachers), researchers, and sport sciences specialists to reduce SB and increase PA levels of older adults through participatory action research methodology, specifically co-creation. The investigators also aim to explore the added value of immersive technology to increase and enhance uptake, adherence, and sustainability of an intervention to improve movement patterns in the older adult population.
Phase 2:
To evaluate the effects of the intervention programs, tailored to each setting, co-created in Phase 1 on the movement patterns (time in SB, time in mentally active and passive SB, standing time, walking time, number of steps, number and time of transitions) of older adults (65 years and older) in the short (end of intervention), medium and long term (with 6 and 12 months post-intervention follow-up, respectively), by means of a randomised controlled clinical trial. As secondary objectives, the investigators intend to evaluate the effects of the intervention programs on functionality/dependence, loneliness and social isolation, physical function, body composition, health-related quality of life, depression, and anxiety, as well as their cost-utility.
- Conditions
- Frailty at Older Adults
- Being tested
- immersive technology-based intergenerational intervention to improve movement patterns in older adults
- Keywords
- co-creation, intergenerational, physical activity, sedentary behavior, older adults
- Medical subject headings
- Motor Activity, Sedentary Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
immersive technology-based intergenerational intervention to improve movement patterns in older adultsOther
Intervention group The intervention consists of 60-minute supervised sessions conducted once per week for 12 weeks. Each session begins with a 10-minute warm-up, followed by 15 minutes of strength training. Four structured session types (A, B, C, and D) were designed and are being rotated throughout the 12-week period. These sessions incorporate upper and lower body exercises performed using body weight and/or resistance bands, adapted to each participant's physical function.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention: Immersive virtual reality + exercise | Experimental | Intervention: Immersive virtual reality + phisical exercises Receives: Other: immersive technology-based intergenerational intervention to improve movement patterns in older adults |
| Control | No intervention | workshops including story telling, origami and yoga |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
sedentary behavior
Change in sedentary behavior mesured by the change in the register pre and post intervention with the activePAL device and the use of sedentary behavior questionaire (SBQ).
SBQ: Each item rated on a 9-point scale of daily time spent in sedentary activities (0 = none, 8 = ≥6 hours). Total score = sum of minutes across items. Range: 0-3240 minutes/day. Higher scores = worse outcome (more sedentary time). Lower scores = better outcome (less sedentary time).
Measured: From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 12 weeks + 6 months follow-up + 1 year follow-up.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted8 Aug 2025
- Study start3 Feb 2025
- Primary completion1 Jun 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Jan 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Frailty at Older AdultsStudies 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
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 240 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University Ramon Llull
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07112638
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- PID2022-140660NB-C21
- Other IDs
- PID2022-140660NB-C21
- Acronym
- engAGE
- Status last verified
- Nov 2025
- First submitted
- 1 Aug 2025
- Last updated
- 5 Dec 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 5 Dec 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effects of an Immersive Technology-based Intergenerational Intervention to Improve Movement Patterns in Older Adults: Co-creation and a Randomised Controlled Trial (engAGE) Study Protocol.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07112638
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- engAGE / PID2022-140660NB-C21
- Conditions
- Frailty at Older Adults
- Keywords
- co-creation, intergenerational, physical activity, sedentary behavior, older adults
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 240 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University Ramon LlullUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 3 Feb 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Jun 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Jan 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 8 Aug 2025 (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.
The engAGE project is an innovative, non-oriented research initiative that seeks to advance public health knowledge to promote quality of life and functional independence in older adults. It combines expertise in public health, education, pedagogy, psychology, and technology with a novel approach.
The project is divided in two phases:
Phase 1:
Involves the co-creation of an intergenerational intervention designed to improve movement patterns of community-dwelling older adults (65+), recruited from community and day care centres. Using participatory action research, interventions will be co-designed with older adults, family members (including children and grandchildren), students, health and education professionals, technology experts, and researchers. The reserachers aim is to reduce sedentary behaviour (SB), increase physical activity (PA), and explore the added value of immersive technology to enhance uptake, adherence, and sustainability.
Phase 2:
Evaluate the effects of the tailored, co-created intervention through a randomised controlled clinical trial. Movement patterns will be assessed via accelerometry and observational measures (time in SB, active vs. passive SB, standing, walking, steps, and transitions) at baseline, post-intervention, 6 months, and 12 months. In addition to movement outcomes, secondary measures will include functional capacity, independence, loneliness, social isolation, physical function, body composition, quality of life, depression, anxiety, and cost-utility.
Detailed description
The present project is innovative, and it is presented as a non-oriented research project that aims to advance the current knowledge of promoting public health research for a better quality of life and functional independence of the older adult population, including community-dwelling older adults. The current proposal brings together knowledge in public health, education, pedagogy, psychology, and technology with a novel approach.
The EngAGE project approaches to co-create an intergenerational intervention aimed at improving PA and reducing SB in community-dwelling older adults, followed by an evaluation of its effects on PA and SB, with a special focus on whether these effects are maintained in the mid and long term.
The project is divided in two phases:
Phase 1:
Co-create an intergenerational intervention based on technology solutions to improve movement patterns [reduce sedentary behaviour (SB) and increase physical activity (PA) levels] of community-dwelling older adults (recruited from day care and community centres) (65 years and older). Tailored to each setting, interventions will be designed together with end-users, family members (including children and grandchildren), primary and secondary school students, health professionals, health management professionals (e.g., hospital directors), technology experts, primary and secondary education professionals (teachers), researchers, and sport sciences specialists to reduce SB and increase PA levels of older adults through participatory action research methodology, specifically co-creation. The investigators also aim to explore the added value of immersive technology to increase and enhance uptake, adherence, and sustainability of an intervention to improve movement patterns in the older adult population.
Phase 2:
To evaluate the effects of the intervention programs, tailored to each setting, co-created in Phase 1 on the movement patterns (time in SB, time in mentally active and passive SB, standing time, walking time, number of steps, number and time of transitions) of older adults (65 years and older) in the short (end of intervention), medium and long term (with 6 and 12 months post-intervention follow-up, respectively), by means of a randomised controlled clinical trial. As secondary objectives, the investigators intend to evaluate the effects of the intervention programs on functionality/dependence, loneliness and social isolation, physical function, body composition, health-related quality of life, depression, and anxiety, as well as their cost-utility.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention: Immersive virtual reality + exercise | Experimental | Other: immersive technology-based intergenerational intervention to improve movement patterns in older adultsIntervention: Immersive virtual reality + phisical exercises |
| Control | No intervention | –workshops including story telling, origami and yoga |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 65 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Aged 65 years or older.
- Community-dwelling older adults.
- Regular attendance at most sessions (at least 80% attendance).
- Ability to move autonomously, with or without technical assistance.
- Provision of informed consent.
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Presence of severe cognitive deficits, assessed by the Pfeiffer test (8 to 10 errors) (Martínez de la Iglesiaa et al., 2001).
- Lack of participation.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| immersive technology-based intergenerational intervention to improve movement patterns in older adultsIntervention group The intervention consists of 60-minute supervised sessions conducted once per week for 12 weeks. Each session begins with a 10-minute warm-up, followed by 15 minutes of strength training. Four structured session types (A, B, C, and D) were designed and are being rotated throughout the 12-week period. These sessions incorporate upper and lower body exercises performed using body weight and/or resistance bands, adapted to each participant's physical function. | Other | Intervention: Immersive virtual reality + exercise |
Primary outcome
sedentary behavior
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 12 weeks + 6 months follow-up + 1 year follow-up.
Change in sedentary behavior mesured by the change in the register pre and post intervention with the activePAL device and the use of sedentary behavior questionaire (SBQ). SBQ: Each item rated on a 9-point scale of daily time spent in sedentary activities (0 = none, 8 = ≥6 hours). Total score = sum of minutes across items. Range: 0-3240 minutes/day. Higher scores = worse outcome (more sedentary time). Lower scores = better outcome (less sedentary time).
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 5 Dec 2025.
- 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.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing immersive technology-based intergenerational intervention to improve movement patterns in older adults in people with Frailty at Older Adults, run by University Ramon Llull at 2 sites in Spain.
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 2 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in Spain. 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
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?
sedentary behavior (time frame: From enrollment to the end of the intervention at 12 weeks + 6 months follow-up + 1 year follow-up.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 5 Dec 2025.