Clinical trials: Caregivers
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 Burden, Alzheimer Disease
Reducing Burden in Care Partners of Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a newly-created website tool, called WeCareToFeedDysphagia, helps to reduce feelings of burden in care partners of patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD)…
- Conditions
- Caregiver Burden, Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
- Trial name
- NCT06557863
- Testing
- WeCareToFeedDysphagia web tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Alzheimer Disease
A Program to Reduce Inappropriate Medications Among Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease
Potentially inappropriate prescribing includes the use of medications that may no longer be necessary or that may increase the risk of harm.
- Trial name
- D-PRESCRIBE-AD (NCT05147428)
- Testing
- Educational Materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14,442 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Burns, Pediatric ALL
Telemedicine Optimized Burn Intervention
Because burn patients and their caregivers often live long distances from regional burn centers, access to expert burn care is limited, resulting in a negative effect on adherence to treatment and a higher risk of wound…
- Trial name
- TOBI (NCT05019144)
- Testing
- Face-to-face burn care, Telemedicine enhanced burn care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Dementia
Delivery Models of Caregiver Support and Education
The proposed study seeks to compare usual care and two different interventions for caregivers (CGs) of Veterans with dementia that are brief and administered by telephone.
- Trial name
- NCT02368132
- Testing
- Group Delivered TEP, Individual Delivered TEP
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 319 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Childhood Cancer
SurvivorLink: Scalability of an Electronic Personal Health Record
Previous research suggests that children and adolescents with cancer are at heightened risk of late effects that can occur months or years after cancer treatment, yet little is known about programs that increase their return for…
- Trial name
- NCT03543852
- Testing
- SurvivorLink
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 542 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Hospice Informal Caregivers
Hospice Problem Solving Intervention
In recent years, the demand for home hospice care has grown rapidly. Family members and friends who act as informal caregivers are essential to the provision of palliative care services; however, this role is not without adverse…
- Trial name
- NCT01444027
- Testing
- Problem Solving Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 514 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Dementia, Vascular, Alzheimer Dementia
Accurate WiFi-Based Localization of Dementia Patients For Caregiver Support:
In this Phase II SBIR project we will enhance a wireless WiFi-based insole that was designed and successfully tested during a Phase I trial with elderly persons with dementia and their caregivers, and then investigate its…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Vascular, Alzheimer Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia With Behavioral Disturbance
- Trial name
- NCT03360019
- Testing
- Activlink insole, Activlink Phone Application
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
SUPPORT-D Intervention for Persons With Alzheimer's Disease and Their Caregivers
The purpose of this research is pilot test a nurse led intervention previously used in patients with pulmonary fibrosis and their caregivers in a new population (persons living with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Alzheimer's…
- Trial name
- NCT05501119
- Testing
- A Program of SUPPORT-D (dementia)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Head and Neck Cancer, Survivorship
The HEART Study (Healthy Eating and Recovery Together)
Head and neck cancer survivors and their primary caregivers (N=25 dyads) will be enrolled to pilot test a nutrition support system with a care planning clinic visit and a caregiver mobile App.
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer, Survivorship, Nutrition Aspect of Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT04552587
- Testing
- Heart APP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Reducing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: Hospital Caregivers (Aim 2)
Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) account for 3.2 million hospital admissions per year and have over three times more hospitalizations than those without cognitive impairment, yet hospital caregivers…
- Trial name
- NCT04179721
- Testing
- PES-4-BPSD Model, The attention control condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Dementia
A Mobile Phone-based Intervention on Dementia Patients' Caregivers in Vietnam
Background: The growing number of older people with dementia increases demand on informal caregivers who lack information and skills, leading to a high psychological burden in care provision.
- Trial name
- NCT04958707
- Testing
- Information including knowledge and skills related to dementia patient care, Usual care
- Where
- 2 sites in Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
Advanced Cancer
Living With Hope Program for Rural Women Caregivers
Family caregivers of terminally ill persons describe hope as inner strength that will help them continue caregiving. Our research team has developed and pilot tested a Living with Hope Program (LWHP) for caregivers of family…
- Trial name
- LWH (NCT01081301)
- Testing
- Living with Hope Program
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Caregivers, Parents
Self-Management in Parents of Technology-Dependent Children
Parent caregivers of children with chronic conditions who require life-saving technology such as mechanical ventilation or feeding tubes must maintain a high level of vigilance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Conditions
- Caregivers, Parents, Self-Management, Chronic Illnesses, Multiple
- Trial name
- NCT04105244
- Testing
- Resourcefulness Training©
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
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
Food Insecurity
CommunityRx-Hunger
CommunityRx-Hunger (CRx-H) is a hospital-based intervention that addresses food insecurity and other health-related social needs such as transportation, housing, utilities, and safety.
- Trial name
- CRx-H (NCT04171999)
- Testing
- Community Rx-Hunger (CRx-H)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Adult Solid Neoplasm, Lymphoma
Improving Communication in Older Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers
Over 60% of cancers occur in older persons, and the number of older persons with cancer is expected to grow as the population ages.
- Trial name
- COACH (NCT02107443)
- Testing
- Geriatric Assessment Summary, Geriatric Assessment Targeted Recommendations, Geriatric Assessment (GA)
- Where
- 19 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 546 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Supriya Mohile
Distress, Caregiver
Tailored Health Self-Management Interventions for Highly Distressed Family Caregivers
How do varying levels of participation in selecting self-management interventions (ranging from no input into the selection to selection based on need or preference) affect health risks and physical and mental health over time in…
- Trial name
- NCT03023332
- Testing
- Resourcefulness Training, Biofeedback training, Bipolar Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 310 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Dementia, Chronic Pain
Developing a Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit
The proposed research will develop, refine, and pilot test the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit (PICT), an intervention to help family caregivers of community-dwelling persons with dementia identify pain symptoms and…
- Trial name
- PICT (NCT03853291)
- Testing
- PICT Workbook, Information Pamphlet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Dementia
Efficacy of a Dementia Family Caregiver Support Intervention in Vietnam
This is a cluster randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of a psychosocial intervention to support family caregivers of persons living with dementia in Vietnam.
- Trial name
- NCT04542317
- Testing
- REACH VN, Enhanced control
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis