Clinical trials: Advanced Age
Walking Mesh
Smart Sock for Monitoring Walking and Supporting Physical Activity in Older Adults
The goal of this randomized feasibility clinical trial is to learn whether a low-cost smart sock and mobile application can be used safely, reliably, and comfortably to support gradual walking activity in adults aged 60 years and…
- Trial name
- NCT07902102
- Testing
- Low-Cost Smart Sock and Older-Adult Mobile Application, Standard Individual Walking Plan
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Malaya
Acute Respiratory Infections
Efficacy of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Devices to Reduce Respiratory Infections in Nursing Homes: Cluster Randomized Crossover Trial
RESPROTECT is a trial aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of upper room ultraviolet devices in reducing the frequency of severe respiratory infections in elderly nursing homes.
- Trial name
- RESPROTECT (NCT06569160)
- Testing
- Upper-room UVGI (Ultra-Violet Germicidal Irradiation)
- Where
- 12 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 1,687 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux
Fracture, Influenza Vaccination
Influenza Vaccination Against Infectious Complications and Mortality in Older Adults With Fractures: a Large-scale Retrospective Cohort Study
Background: Both influenza and bone fractures are significant contributors to morbidity and mortality among older adults. This study evaluated the associations between influenza vaccination (IV) and adverse outcomes following…
- Trial name
- NCT07231016
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 561,566 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University Hospital
Sarcopenia
Koji Product Supplementation' s Study
The present project is to identify the effect of black soy beans Koji product supplementation on nutrients absorption and anti-aging effect in elderly.
- Trial name
- KPS (NCT04951843)
- Testing
- Black soybean koji product
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Immunocompromised Patients, Safety of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)Vaccine
Evaluation of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccine in Chronic and or Immunocompromised Patients, Elderly and Pregnants
The objective of this study is to describe the safety and immunogenicity of a non-adjuvanted vaccine against pandemic influenza A (H1N1)in patients with chronic and or immunocompromised disease, elderly and pregnants.
- Conditions
- Immunocompromised Patients, Safety of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)Vaccine, Immunogenicity of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)Vaccine
- Trial name
- NCT01218685
- Testing
- Split inactivated A/California/7/2009 (H1N1) (NYMC X-179A) VIRUS
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 1,152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Butantan Institute
Nurse Training, Geriatric
Geriatric Nursing Training Program for Nursing Students
This research will be conducted using a parallel randomized controlled trial design to investigate the effects of a nursing education program grounded in Travelbe's Human-to-Human Relationship theory on willingness to work with…
- Conditions
- Nurse Training, Geriatric, Communication Skills, EMPATHY İN NURSİNG
- Trial name
- NCT07543627
- Testing
- Travelbee's Human-to-Human Relationship Theory-Based Geriatric Nursing Training Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Influenza
T-cell And General Immune Response to Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (SLVP018) Year 2, 2010
This study will investigate response to influenza vaccines in monozygotic and dizygotic twins of different ages.
- Trial name
- NCT03022396
- Testing
- High Dose Fluzone® (intramuscular), Fluzone® (intramuscular)
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Ageing
Implementation of Knowledge-Based Palliative Care
The research on ageing during the last couple of decades has increasingly focused on questions regarding the quality of life and life satisfaction of the old people.
- Trial name
- KUPA (NCT02708498)
- Testing
- Educational Intervention
- Where
- 30 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,151 people
- Sponsor
- Lund University
Aging
Reducing Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescribing for Older Patients in the ED
This research is being conducted to learn which implementation strategy of EQUIPPED is most effective to improve prescribing practices of ED providers toward older Veterans and determine the factors influencing implementation of…
- Trial name
- EQUIPPED (NCT04004936)
- Testing
- EQUIPPED with Active Feedback, EQUIPPED with Passive Feedback
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Mandala Coloring, Mental Well-being
The Effect of Mandala Coloring on Mental Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Elderly Individuals in Nursing Homes
This study investigates whether mandala coloring affects life satisfaction and mental well-being in older adults. Data will be collected at the Hatice Hakkı Polat Nursing Home Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center between…
- Conditions
- Mandala Coloring, Mental Well-being, Life Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT07142577
- Testing
- Mandala coloring
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Protocol of Multi-domain Attention Training
This study sought to investigate the changes in attention in older adults with mild cognitive impairment after Multi-domain Attention Training .
- Trial name
- NCT03379519
- Testing
- Multi-domain Attention Training (MAT), Passive information activities (PIA)
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Alzheimer Disease
Evaluation of a New CBT for People With Alzheimer's Disease and Their Caregivers
Up to 70 % of people with dementia suffer from severe psychological distress that decreases their quality of life and that of their caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT03656159
- Testing
- Cognitive-Behavioral group therapy, Non directive support Group
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Dr Sébastien Grenier
Biliary Tract Infection
Ultrasound-guided Biliary Drainage Improving Prognosis in the Frail and High Risk Elderly Patients
Acute biliary tract infection is a kind of disease caused by bacteria of biliary tract infection, mainly including acute cholecystitis and acute cholangitis, especially acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis (AOSC),which can…
- Trial name
- NCT06960486
- Testing
- Bedside ultrasound-guided real-time biliary drainage, traditional appointment ultrasound
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Hebei Medical University
Elderly; Renal Insufficiency
Using Informatics to Enhance Care of Older Emergency Department Patients
The subjects in this study are physicians working in the Wishard Emergency Department. The purpose of this study is to measure the extent to which information technology (i.e.-computers) improves emergency department care.
- Trial name
- NCT00297869
- Testing
- Computer-Assisted Decision Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,350 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Enhance Care to Victims of Violence
Testing and Evaluating a Psychoeducation Tool and Guidelines for Victims of Violence in Belgian Hospitals.
The "Operation Alert/Operatie Alert/Opération Alerte" project, developed by UGent-ICRH and UZGent with funding from the Belgian Federal Public Service for Health, focuses on strengthening basic competencies to better and more…
- Trial name
- Operatie Alert (NCT06780540)
- Testing
- Operation Alert: Support prgram
- Where
- 10 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
This Study Aims to Characterize and Compare Patients of Adult-onset RA With Patients of Elderly-onset RA Based on the Clinical Manifestations, Disease Activity, Severity Parameters, and Therapeutic Features
This study aims to characterize and compare patients of adult-onset RA with patients of elderly-onset RA based on the clinical manifestations, disease activity, severity parameters, and therapeutic features.
- Trial name
- NCT07069088
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
Vascular Access Complication
Effectiveness of the Rapid Intravascular Start (RIVS) System Versus Conventional Catheter
The study will test a hypothesis that the RIVS system will have a higher rate of successful first PIV placement compared to conventional catheter without a significant increase in complications and time of procedure.
- Trial name
- NCT00914069
- Testing
- RIVS vascular access, Conventional vascular access
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- C. R. Bard
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Working Memory
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Effect on Pain Threshold and Working Memory: Impact of Age and Protocol Type
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation method which has great potential as an aid in the therapeutic management of neuropsychiatric disorders and chronic pain syndromes.
- Conditions
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Working Memory, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT04328545
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS on DLPFC, Anodal tDCS on M1
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
Mechanism Study of Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury in Elderly People.
1. We collect lung tissues from patients with different ages and confirm that KLK8 expression is positively correlated with age. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT06367946
- Testing
- mechanical ventilation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Aortic Stenosis Symptomatic, Amyloidosis Cardiac
ATTR Amyloidosis in Elderly Patients With Aortic Stenosis
Severe aortic stenosis is defined with a mean transvalvular pressure gradient (MTPG) > 40mmHg and a calculated aortic valve area of < 1cm2.
- Trial name
- NCT04061213
- Testing
- Tc-99m-DPD scintigraphy
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 489 people
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern