Clinical trials: Caregiver Quality of Life
Caregiver, Disabled Veterans
Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans Experiences Study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a caregiver skill training program (HI-FIVES), offered as a part of a randomized control trial to caregivers of Veterans referred to home and community-based long-term care.
- Conditions
- Caregiver, Disabled Veterans, Referred to Long-term Care, Residing at Home
- Trial name
- HI-FIVES (NCT01777490)
- Testing
- Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans Experiences - Control, Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans Experiences - HI FIVES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 484 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Quality of Life
Supporting Our Caregivers In ADRD Learning (SOCIAL)
Building on limitations of prior research, the investigators developed the Mindful and Self-Compassionate Care Program (MASC) to help caregivers of persons with Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) manage stress…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Quality of Life, Caregiver Stress
- Trial name
- SOCIAL (NCT06276023)
- Testing
- Mindful and Self-Compassionate Care Program (MASC), Health Education Program (HEP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Mild Cognitive Impairment
PRIMA Intervention for Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Caregivers
The investigators developed and tested the Daily Engagement in Meaningful Activities (DEMA) intervention to improve life satisfaction and health outcomes for patients and caregivers.
- Trial name
- PRIMA (NCT04515875)
- Testing
- Daily Engagement Meaningful Activity (DEMA), Information Support (IS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Alzheimer's Disease (Incl Subtypes), Dementia
Improvisational Movement for People With Memory Loss and Their Caregivers
Dementia is a progressive decline in cognition that impairs a person's ability to perform activities of daily living. Changes in mood, gait, and balance are prominent secondary symptoms of Alzheimer's dementia that can…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease (Incl Subtypes), Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- IMOVE (NCT03333837)
- Testing
- Dance Group, Non-Group Dance, Social Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Home Away From Home - Quality of Life Surveys
Treatment for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) involves intensive chemotherapy regimens that result in periods of profound neutropenia leaving patients susceptible to severe infectious complications.
- Trial name
- Aim 3 (NCT02777021)
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dementia, Quality of Life
Caring for Caregivers and People Living With Dementia Under Home-Based Primary Care
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop a dementia care intervention for persons receiving home-based primary care (HBPC) and living with dementia (PLWD) and their caregivers, and test the feasibility of implementing the…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Quality of Life, Caregiver Stress
- Trial name
- NCT05849259
- Testing
- Dementia Care Quality at Home
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Parkinson's Disease
Global REsponsE During iNFusIon of a gEl With LevoDopa/Carbidopa
This multicenter, post marketing observational study (PMOS) was designed to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of levodopa/carbidopa intestinal gel (DUODOPA) on motor fluctuations (duration of OFF periods) in participants with…
- Trial name
- GREENFIELD (NCT01754129)
- Volunteers
- 148 people
- Sponsor
- AbbVie (prior sponsor, Abbott)
Hearing Impairment
CROS and Quality of Life of Elderly Cochlear Implant Recipients and Their Care Givers
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of the Naida Link contralateral routing of signal (CROS) device on speech understanding in challenging listening situations and on the quality of life in unilateral CI recipients…
- Trial name
- NCT04794179
- Testing
- Naida Link CROS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Heart Failure, Congestive
Enhancing Caregiver Support for Heart Failure Patients: the CarePartner Study
Informal caregivers, assisted by health information technology may help to fill the gaps in VA care management of heart failure patients by enhancing support for patients' treatment adherence, behavior changes, and symptom…
- Trial name
- NCT00555360
- Testing
- HITCM+CP, HITCM only
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 372 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Anxiety Generalized, Quality of Life
A Problem Solving Intervention for Hospice Caregivers
Hospice care is conceptualized as quality compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness, with services that cover clinical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support tailored to patients' and…
- Conditions
- Anxiety Generalized, Quality of Life, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03712410
- Testing
- PISCES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 523 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Demiris, PhD
Caregiver Burnout
Caregiver Support in the Context of Multiple Chronic Conditions
This research is being done to learn whether services to the caregiver to provide emotional, instrumental and social support can improve quality of life and other outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT04090749
- Testing
- Caregiver-Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Parkinson's Disease
Poised for Parkinson's - an Intervention to Increase Embodied Agency in People With Parkinson's Disease and Their Carers
The purpose of the study is to develop, deliver, and test an online Alexander-based training program for people with Parkinson's disease and their care partners.
- Trial name
- NCT04726709
- Testing
- Poised for Parkinson's
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of Idaho
Depression, Quality of Life
RESCUE Stroke Caregiver Website to Enhance Discharge Planning
Aims and Intervention: The long-term goal is to implement stroke caregiver programs that involve low-cost interventions that are sustainable in routine clinical practice.
- Conditions
- Depression, Quality of Life, Self Efficacy, Recovery of Function
- Trial name
- RESCUE (NCT01600131)
- Testing
- Caregiver problem-solving, Standard Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 174 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Glioblastomas, Sarcoma
Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of a Mindfulness-based Intervention for Children and Young Adults With High Grade or High-Risk Cancer and Their Caregivers
Background: People cope with cancer in different ways. Mindfulness means focusing on the present moment with an open mind. Researchers want to see if this can help children and young adults with a high-grade high-risk cancer with…
- Conditions
- Glioblastomas, Sarcoma, Astrocytoma, Brain Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03538587
- Testing
- Enhanced Mindfulness Intervention, Psychoeducation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Caregiver
A Non-pharmacological Intervention for Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Family Caregivers (Care Partners Program)
The proposed study will develop and test the efficacy and feasibility of a dyadic-based intervention program (DT), delivered through state-of-the art computer tablet technology.
- Trial name
- CPProgram (NCT03333252)
- Testing
- Intervention Condition, Control Condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 352 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Depression, Quality of Life
Internet and Telephone Support Intervention for Stroke Caregivers
This study will test a problem-solving and support intervention for caregivers of veterans with stroke. The investigators will assign caregivers to one for four groups: 4-session intervention, 8-session intervention, attention…
- Conditions
- Depression, Quality of Life, Recovery of Function, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- NCT04348851
- Testing
- Caregiver problem-solving, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chronic Kidney Disease
Peer-mentoring, Quality of Life and Caregiver Burden in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Their Caregivers
Receiving supportive mentoring from well-adjusted individuals who share similar experiences has had a positive influence on adjustment with some chronic diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT02429115
- Testing
- Mentoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Dementia
Paired Integrative Exercise Program for People With Dementia and Caregivers
Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ) is a unique, multimodal movement program for people with dementia (affected individuals) that is taught by trained instructors and combines physical, mental and social…
- Trial name
- Paired PLIÉ (NCT02729311)
- Testing
- Paired PLIÉ Program, Waitlist control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Quality of Life, Brain Diseases
Long Term Survivors of High-grade Glioma and Their Caregivers
This study builds on the limited body of existing literature combined with the results from the investigators' previous research conducted with 30 newly diagnosed patients with high-grade glioma (HGG) and 33 of their caregivers.
- Conditions
- Quality of Life, Brain Diseases, Depression, Physical Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT02965144
- Testing
- no treatment
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Hospice, End of Life
Tandem VR: Synchronized Nature-Based Experiences in Virtual Reality for Hospice Patients and Their Caregivers
Background: Nature-based virtual reality (VR) and other outdoor experiences in head-mounted displays (HMDs) offer powerful, non-pharmacological tools for hospice teams to help patients undergoing end-of-life (EOL) transitions.
- Conditions
- Hospice, End of Life, Palliative Care, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT06186960
- Testing
- Tandem Virtual Reality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prisma Health-Upstate