Clinical trials: Dementia Caregivers
Alzheimer Disease
SAGE-LEAF: Reducing Burden in Alzheimer's Disease Caregivers Through Positive Emotion Regulation and Virtual Support
The goal of the proposed study, is to adapt a positive emotion intervention for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) caregivers into a self-guided online format that incorporates social connection components and adaptive system feedback…
- Trial name
- SAGE-LEAF (NCT05562583)
- Testing
- SAGE LEAF
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- BrightOutcome
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
MEMORI Corps: Activity-based Companion Care for Dementia
This project adapts a novel activity-based companion care model, the Making Engagement Meaningful through Organized Routine Interaction (MEMORI) Corps intervention, for a virtual delivery format, and then implements the…
- Trial name
- MEMORI Corps (NCT03896711)
- Testing
- MEMORI Corps program, Augmented Waitlist Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Dementia Family Caregiver Burden and Conflict
Family Telemental Health Intervention for Veterans With Dementia
Dementia impacts Veterans, their families, and other Veterans who serve as caregivers. One of the most stressful aspects of caregiving is the management of behavioral problems (e.g.
- Trial name
- TMH Pilot (NCT03116464)
- Testing
- Telemental Health Family Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Optimizing Dementia Care
The purpose of this randomized controlled pilot study is to examine the preliminary effectiveness, feasibility, and potential treatment moderators (i.e., behavioral symptoms and spousal relationship status) of a newly developed…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Dementia, Vascular, Caregivers
- Trial name
- ODeC (NCT02585232)
- Testing
- Counseling (C), Care Consultation (CC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Reducing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: Family Caregivers (Aim 1)
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
- NCT04481568
- Testing
- PES-4-BPSD Model, The attention control condition
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Alzheimer Disease
Virtual Patient Behavioral Response Training for Family Caregivers
Our study is designed to help caregivers of someone with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia to understand and deal with the difficult behaviors of a person with dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT04489303
- Testing
- Caring Response App, Traditional Educational/Resources Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Photozig, Inc.
Alzheimer's Disease
Online Caregiver Psychoeducation and Support for Alzheimer's
This study is piloting an internet-based intervention to provide support for caregivers of VA patients with Alzheimer's disease or related memory difficulties (ADRD).
- Trial name
- NCT00416078
- Testing
- caregiver website support, caregiver brief supportive phone calls
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Dementia
Comparative Effectiveness of Dementia Care Strategies in Underserved Communities
Dementia is a condition that is growing in prevalence and which harms not only the afflicted individual but also adversely affects the health of their family and other informal caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT01459783
- Testing
- Dementia care management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- RAND
Depression, Stress, Psychological
Rural Dementia Caregiver Project
Rural caregivers face challenges of geographic isolation and lower health care access and quality. Many rural dementia caregivers experience serious health consequences due to caregiving responsibilities that can limit their…
- Conditions
- Depression, Stress, Psychological, Self Efficacy, Loneliness
- Trial name
- NCT04428112
- Testing
- Building Better Caregivers Workshop, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 418 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Lewy Body Disease, Parkinson Disease Dementia
Learning to PERSEVERE: Peer Mentor Support and Caregiver Education in Lewy Body Dementia
The investigators propose to adapt, improve, and implement a peer mentor support and caregiver education (PERSEVERE) program to improve LBD-specific caregiving mastery.
- Conditions
- Lewy Body Disease, Parkinson Disease Dementia, Dementia With Lewy Bodies
- Trial name
- NCT04649164
- Testing
- Peer mentor support and caregiver intervention, Focus group to provide feedback on educational materials and mentoring program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Dementia, Caregiver
Artificial Intelligence + Care Coach Intervention
The purpose of this research study is to develop and test an artificial intelligence intervention for emergency department (ED) discharge care transitions experienced by caregivers of older adults with cognitive impairment.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Caregiver, Emergency Department, Artificial Intelligence
- Trial name
- NCT05352399
- Testing
- NeuViCare application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
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
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
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
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
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