Clinical trials: Skilled Nursing Facility
Adverse Drug Events
Enhancing the Detection and Management of Adverse Drug Events in Nursing Homes
Adverse drug events (ADEs) are the most clinically significant and costly medication-related problems in nursing homes (NH) and are associated with an estimated 93,000 deaths a year and as much as $4 billion of excess healthcare…
- Trial name
- NCT01531088
- Testing
- Active medication monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Hip Fractures, Prevention
Prevention of Hip Fractures With Soft and Hard Hip Protectors
The aim of this study is to compliance with and effect of soft and hard hip protectors in Norwegian nursing homes.
- Trial name
- NCT00397410
- Testing
- Hip protectors
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 1,236 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Polypharmacy Because of Multimorbidity in Geriatric Nursing Home Residents
Discontinuing Inappropriate Medication in Nursing Home Residents
Nursing home residents are among the frailest patient groups with a high number of co-morbidities and a high use of medicines. Inappropriate polypharmacy (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT01876095
- Testing
- Multidisciplinary medication review
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 992 people
- Sponsor
- University of Groningen
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation Screening in Nursing Homes
This study was designed to screen high risk patients in nursing homes for atrial fibrillation with intermittent electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings using a portable, smartphone-based, mobile ECG recording device (Kardia Mobile…
- Trial name
- NCT03860246
- Testing
- Portable ECG monitor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 245 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Incontinence
The Integration of Sensor Technology Into Incontinence Materials: a Single-group Pretest-posttest Study in a Nursing Home Environment
The smart diaper aims to (1) detect humidity, (2) be capable of sending real-time indication of the saturation to the healthcare workers when urine loss occurs and (3) generate alerts when the diaper requires changing.
- Trial name
- Smart Diapers (NCT05316012)
- Testing
- Smart diapers
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Cardiac Failure, Congestive Heart Failure
Heart Failure Management Program Versus Usual Care
Heart Failure (HF) patients discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities have higher rehospitalization rates and mortality than patients discharged to home.
- Trial name
- NCT01822912
- Testing
- Heart Failure Disease Management Program, Heart Failure Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 713 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Covid19, Nursing Home
Correlation Between the Incidence of COVID-19 in Nursing-homes and the Profile of Nursing Homes in the French Alps
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in France, nursing homes (NH) have been heavily affected. In this study, the investigators want to evaluate the factors associated with the occurrence of COVID-19 epidemic clusters…
- Trial name
- PROCOPAD (NCT04695457)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois
Nursing Home Care, Hospitalisation Prevention
Mobile Geriatric Unit (MGU) to Reduce Hospitalisations in Nursing Home Residents
This prospective observational before-after study evaluates the impact of a Mobile Geriatric Unit (MGU) on hospitalisation rates among nursing home residents.
- Trial name
- MGU (NCT07634757)
- Testing
- Mobile Geriatric Unit (MGU)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 4,907 people
- Sponsor
- Universität des Saarlandes
Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease
Collaboration Between Department of Old Age Psychiatry and Nursing Homes
Dementia is a serious health problem showing an increasing prevalence rate with increasing age. In Norway, about 80% of nursing home patients have dementia. The mean age of nursing home residents in Norway is around 84 years.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Behavioral Symptoms, Agitation
- Trial name
- SAM-AKS (NCT01217541)
- Testing
- Education and Supervision, Control
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 700 people
- Sponsor
- Sykehuset Innlandet HF
Alzheimer Disease
Optimizing Care for Patients With Dementia
Of the 1.4 million nursing home (NH) residents in long term care facilities, more than half have Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT03442322
- Testing
- transdisciplinary approach, multidisciplinary approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Respiratory Tract Infections (RTI)
OM 85 to Prevent Respiratory Infections in Older At Risk Patients
People living in NH are at higher risk of respiratory infections compared to their counterpart living in the community. Products obtained from dead bacteria ("bacterial lysate") can be used to boost immune system and may reduce…
- Trial name
- OM85OLDER (NCT07178002)
- Testing
- Bacterial Lysate
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico
COVID-19 Vaccines
Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Nursing Homes
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, now being administered to skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents and staff, has highly variable acceptance between facilities.
- Trial name
- NCT04732819
- Testing
- High touch multi-pronged behavioral intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23,768 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Quality Indicators, Physical Disability
Impact of Educational and Professional Supportive Interventions on Nursing Home Quality Indicators
Introduction: Efficacy of audit and feedback interventions on nursing home (NH)quality indicators is not well-established. The main objective: The main purpose of the IQUARE study was to examine the impact of two types of audit…
- Trial name
- IQUARE (NCT01703689)
- Testing
- Audit and Feedback, Cooperative Work
- Where
- 175 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 8,039 people
- Sponsor
- Agence Régionale de la Santé - Midi Pyrénées
Dementia, Agitation
Person- Centred Care Among Nursing Home Patients With Dementia
Dementia is a common and devastating disease in the elderly. No cure exist and there is an increasing need for care. To improve knowledge on how to provide better care for the patients with dementia in nursing homes, the…
- Trial name
- NCT01280890
- Testing
- Staff training using VIPS, Staff training using DCM, Control group
- Volunteers
- 624 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian Centre for Ageing and Health
Polypharmacy
Feasibility Study of a Systematic Approach for Deprescribing of Statins and PPI's.
Deprescribing, the process of safely reducing or discontinuing unnecessary or harmful medication, has the potential to decrease polypharmacy and improve health outcomes.
- Trial name
- FeDeS+P (NCT04204590)
- Testing
- Deprescribing algorithm
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Zuyderland Medisch Centrum
Dementia
Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease (METRIcAL)_part2
The purpose of this trial is to test the effects of a personalized music intervention (Music and Memory, Inc.) on agitated and aggressive behaviors for nursing home residents with dementia.
- Trial name
- METRIcAL (NCT04850807)
- Testing
- Music & Memory
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 990 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Dementia, Nursing Home Resident
Video Feedback Intervention in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia and Severe Challenging Behavior.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how, under what circumstances and for whom the video feedback intervention works for (the caregivers of) people with dementia and severe challenging behavior in a nursing home setting.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Nursing Home Resident, Challenging Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05658666
- Testing
- Video feedback intervention (in Dutch: Video Interventie Ouderenzorg)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Unnecessary Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents
Reducing Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents
This project directly addresses the national imperative for innovative strategies to improve care for Medicare beneficiaries and reduce health care costs.
- Trial name
- NCT02177058
- Testing
- INTERACT Quality improvement program, Quarterly surveys/data reporting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 264 people
- Sponsor
- Florida Atlantic University
Neurodegenerative Diseases, Behavioral Symptoms
Impact of Harp Therapy on Behavioral Disorders in Nursing Home Residents With Neurodegenerative Disease (ARPE)
The ARPE study looked at whether weekly harp therapy sessions could reduce behavioral problems in older adults living in memory care units of a nursing home (EHPAD).
- Conditions
- Neurodegenerative Diseases, Behavioral Symptoms, Dementia, Agitation
- Trial name
- ARPE (NCT07748013)
- Testing
- Harp therapy (receptive music therapy)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- LNA SANTE
Nursing Home, Dementia
San Rocco Study: Implementation of the Non-pharmacological Therapies for People With Dementia Living in Nursing Home
The goals of this clinical trial are 1) to estimate the number of professional caregivers and the time spent to carry out the non-pharmacological therapies for people with dementia and 2) to evaluate differences between…
- Conditions
- Nursing Home, Dementia, Staff
- Trial name
- NCT05814276
- Testing
- Training on non-pharmacological therapies' methodology
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Associazione Ginco Ticino