Clinical trials: Elderly Persons
End-Of-Life, Inappropriate Prescribing
Effectiveness of a Person-centred Prescription Model at the End of Life
This study's main objective is to investigate whether the application of an adapted person-centred prescription model during a hospital stay would reduce the use of inappropriate or futile regular medications in older people at…
- Conditions
- End-Of-Life, Inappropriate Prescribing, Deprescriptions, Palliative Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT05454644
- Testing
- Person-Centred Prescription Model
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Matia Foundation
Mental Health Issue, Emotional Stress
DISCOVER Workshop Programme for Care Experienced Young People
The NHS DISCOVER team has secured 2-year funding from the Maudsley Charity to tailor the workshop programme the investigators deliver in school Sixth Forms to meet the specific needs of Care Experienced young people.
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, Emotional Stress, Emotional Regulation
- Trial name
- NCT05220436
- Testing
- DISCOVER workshop programme
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Osteoporosis, Osteopenia
Effectiveness of the Adherence for Exercise Rehabilitation in Older People (AERO) Program in People with Osteoporosis
The goal of this pilot study is to investigate the effect of an evidence-based adherence promoting intervention on exercise adherence of patients with osteoporosis.
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Osteopenia, Bone Loss
- Trial name
- NCT06164847
- Testing
- AERO Program, Standard Care
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Hochschule Osnabruck
Polypharmacy, Pharmacogenetics
Individual Risk Profiles for Adverse Drug Reactions in Geriatric Patients
This project will generate a prospective cohort of geriatric patients with polypharmacy which will be characterized for vulnerability profiles of adverse drug reactions.
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Pharmacogenetics, Pharmacogenomic Testing, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
- Trial name
- NCT05247814
- Testing
- Pharmacogenomic testing of a panel of important pharmacogenes to detect genetic variants and evaluate the association between genetically predicted and measured drug metabolism, Adverse Drug Reaction detection, Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I)
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Healthy
Occupation Based Health-Promotion Program for People Aged Over 60: "Bliib Gsund"
As in many other countries in the world, the population in Switzerland is growing older. This also means an expansion of costs in the health system.
- Trial name
- bg60 (NCT02287155)
- Testing
- occupation based health promotion
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Julie Page
Community-dwelling Older Adults
Effects of Resistance Exercise on Physical Fitness, Community Involvement, and Sleep Quality Among Community-dwelling Older People.
Purpose: To examine physical fitness, community involvement, and sleep quality among community-dwelling older adults with metabolic dynapenia, and to analyze the effects of resistance exercise.
- Trial name
- NCT07742371
- Testing
- Effects of Resistance Exercise on Physical Fitness, Community Involvement, and Sleep Quality Among Community-dwelling Older People.
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Sarcopenia, Eldery People
Earlier Elderly People in Urban Areas
Social innovation in aging needs to bring new ideas and services to meet new social and welfare needs identified in recent years.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, Eldery People, Lifestyle, Healthy, Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT05268146
- Testing
- Lifestyles
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- University Rovira i Virgili
Visual Impairment, Hearing Loss
Survey of Sensory Impairment Indicators Among Adults Aged 65 Years and Older in Xinxing County
This cross-sectional population-based survey will be conducted among residents aged 65 years and older in Xinxing County, Yunfu, Guangdong Province, China.
- Conditions
- Visual Impairment, Hearing Loss, Dual Sensory Impairment, Cataract
- Trial name
- NCT07694505
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 2,854 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Low Back Pain
MY RELIEF- Evidence Based Information to Support People Aged 55+ Years Living and Working With Persistent Low-back Pain.
Low back pain is the main cause of activity limitation and work absence across the world, leading to a high social and economic burden for individuals, families, the labour market and society.
- Trial name
- MY-RELIEF (NCT04673773)
- Testing
- A Massive Open Online Course
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Lund University
Accidental Falls
The HIP-HOP Flooring Study: Helping Injury Prevention in Hospitalised Older People
In hospitals, older people can fall and hurt themselves. The investigators want to see if a new type of flooring can help stop people hurting themselves as badly, if they accidentally fall.
- Trial name
- NCT00817869
- Testing
- New flooring
- Where
- 8 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 571 people
- Sponsor
- University of Portsmouth
Falls (Accidents) in Old Age
FallsTalk Falls Prevention Program for Caregivers and Persons With Memory Loss or Dementia
This randomized-control trial involves dyads consisting of a family caregiver (CG) and a person with memory loss or dementia (PwD).
- Trial name
- FT-C (NCT03961386)
- Testing
- FallsTalk-C, FallsTalk
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Brookside Research & Development Company
Pain, Physical Impairment
Enhancement of Physical Fitness in Older Adults
Ageing is related to a decrease in physical fitness, disability and age related symptoms like nocturnal leg cramps (NLC). Our research is focused on the enhancement of physical activity and mobility to increase physical fitness…
- Trial name
- NLC2010 (NCT01421628)
- Testing
- Fitness exercise program
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen
Fall
Clinical Impact of a Digital Home-based Falls Prevention Program on Elderly People
This study is a single-center, prospective, non-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial with an experimental and a control group with the aim of evaluating the clinical impact of a home-based falls prevention program…
- Trial name
- NCT03750500
- Testing
- Biofeedback device, Education on falls risk, Medication review
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sword Health, SA
Medication-related Problems, Self-reported Medication Adherence
Improving Medication Therapy Through a Digital Interdisciplinary Medicine Therapy Optimisation Model
In this study, a telepharmacy service in primary care for home-living older adults in Northern Sweden's rural areas will be developed and evaluated.
- Conditions
- Medication-related Problems, Self-reported Medication Adherence, Health-related Quality of Life, Beliefs About Medicines
- Trial name
- MTO (NCT05629936)
- Testing
- Telepharmacy service
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Hearing Loss, Low Vision
Self-management for Dual Sensory Impaired
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of a self-management program for elderly with an acquired and concurrent hearing and visual impairment due to age-related disease processes.
- Trial name
- NCT01217502
- Testing
- Self management program
- Where
- 4 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Depression
Assessing Anterior Cingulate Brain Activity in People With Late-Life Depression
This study will examine differences in activity of the anterior cingulate cortex, a brain area involved in emotion and cognitive regulation, between older adults with and without depression.
- Trial name
- NCT00926653
- Testing
- Escitalopram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Chronic Heart Failure
Tai Chi Training for Elderly People With Chronic Heart Failure
Physical activity is recommended in the treatment of heart failure. Elderly people demand various forms of physical activity. Tai chi has shown to be an appreciated form of physical activity among elderly, although there is a…
- Trial name
- NCT01294111
- Testing
- Tai Chi training
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Elderly
Risk Factors for Falls After Intervention of the Urgent Medical Assistance Service (SAMU) in the Elderly Person at Home
In this project, the investigators are interested in a particular population, that of elderly subjects who used the SAMU after a fall and who are not hospitalized or are hospitalized less than 24 hours.
- Trial name
- RISING-DOM (NCT04132544)
- Testing
- standardized gerontological evaluation (EGS), Proposal for a personalized intervention plan (PIP), Follow-up
- Where
- 12 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 952 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Preconditioning
Personalized Hypoxic-hyperoxic Preconditioning in Elderly People
This study investigates an original protocol of personalized hypoxic-hyperoxic preconditioning utilizing a personalized approach on the basis of cerebral tissue oxygenation assessed with near-infrared spectroscopy.
- Trial name
- NCT07018895
- Testing
- FiO2 reduced by 20% alternating with 34% FiO2
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Low Vision
Obstacle Negotiation in Older People With and Without Vision Impairment
Falls are common among people with vision impairment and can lead to devastating health consequences. Understanding the functions of vision and how the visual characteristics of obstacles in the walking path impact the gait of…
- Trial name
- NCT05888441
- Testing
- Obstacle characteristics
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
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