Clinical trials: Frail Elderly
Frailty Syndrome
PREhabilitation of Frail Elderly PAtients Undergoing majoR surgEry at HOME (PREPARE-HOME) Using Smart Wearables
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether a prehabilitation program using wearable technology can improve physical function and postoperative outcomes in elderly patients (65 years or older) undergoing major elective…
- Trial name
- PREPARE@HOME (NCT06633614)
- Testing
- Supervised prehabilitation programme
- Volunteers
- 190 people
- Sponsor
- Singapore General Hospital
Weight Loss, Thinness
Low Indexes of Metabolism - Information to Teams (LIMIT)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether alerting primary care providers by email about low values of BMI, HbA1c% or cholesterol will affect treatment and improve overall survival and other health indexes of people older…
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Thinness, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- LIMIT (NCT02476578)
- Testing
- Volunteers
- 8,584 people
- Sponsor
- Clalit Health Services
Pre-Frail or Frail State
Randomized Controlled Trial of Community-based Nutritional, Physical and Cognitive Training Intervention Programmes for At Risk Frail Elderly
The aims of this proposed community-based randomized controlled trial are to evaluate the effectiveness of nutritional, physical exercise and cognitive training interventions for at-risk and frail elderly, to elucidate the…
- Trial name
- FIT (NCT00973258)
- Testing
- Nutritional Intervention, Physical Exercise, Cognitive Training
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore
Pre-frail
Effects of Whole Body Vibration in Pre-frail Individuals Over 65 Years of Age
In this study, individuals aged 65 and over who applied to the physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient clinic with any complaint will be evaluated in terms of geriatric syndromes.
- Trial name
- NCT06004999
- Testing
- Whole body vibration, The exercise program on flat ground without a vibration platform
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Trakya University
Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Triage of Reduced Exercise Tolerance in Frail Elderly
Background of the study: Many elderly suffer from reduced exercise tolerance or exercise induced shortness of breath (dyspnoea) which causes decreased mobility and restrictions in physical, psychological and social functioning.
- Trial name
- TREE (NCT01148719)
- Testing
- Index group
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 841 people
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Frail Patient, Cardiac Surgical Procedures (Postoperative Population)
Individualized Nursing Care and Frailty Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery
This study is a randomized controlled trial aiming to compare targeted individualized nursing care with standard care in frail elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
- Conditions
- Frail Patient, Cardiac Surgical Procedures (Postoperative Population), Patient-centered Care, Clinical Outcomes
- Trial name
- NCT07471945
- Testing
- Experimental
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- SELDA MERT
Frail Elderly Syndrome
Development of Clinical Indicators From the Swiss RAI-HC
The project aims at deriving frailty (FI) and complexity (CI) indices from data collected with the Resident Instrument Assessment - Home Care adapted for Switzerland (RAI-HC).
- Trial name
- IndiRAI (NCT03139162)
- Testing
- Swiss RAI-HC assessment
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- School of Health Sciences Geneva
Health Services for the Aged, Geriatrics
Educational Guidelines Aimed at Pre-frail Elderly: Intervention Proposal
INTRODUCTION: aging is the natural process of deterioration of the reserves of biological systems, human beings are inherent to this process.
- Trial name
- NCT04997746
- Testing
- Multiprofessional educational interventions, Measurement of anthropometric measurements
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Leonardo Paroche de Matos
Community-dwelling Seniors, History of a Fall in the Previous 12 Months
Zurich Disability Prevention Trial
This project was designed to optimizing vitamin D status in prefrail seniors age 70+ living at home and prevent their functional decline. We test 3 arms of monthly vitamin D supplementation.
- Trial name
- ZDPT (NCT01017354)
- Testing
- Hidroferol® (ES), ViDe3 (CH)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Protein Metabolism
Anabolic Response to Beef vs Plant Protein in (Pre)Frail Older Adults Using a Novel Stable Isotope Pulse Method
Frailty is a common clinical syndrome in older adults that increases the risk for poor health outcomes including falls, disability, hospitalization, and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT07254403
- Testing
- Beef, Tofu
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas A&M University
Frail Elderly Syndrome, Sarcopenia
Physical Fitness, Body Composition and Frailty in Elderly People.Exercise Program Effecsts. EXERNET Elder 3.0
One of the major changes occurring in developed societies is a significant ageing of the population. Nowadays, because of an enhanced life expectancy, 17% of the Spanish population is composed of people over 65 and the number is…
- Conditions
- Frail Elderly Syndrome, Sarcopenia, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- EXERNETElder (NCT03831841)
- Testing
- Multicomponent exercise programe
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Zaragoza
Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Postoperative Care
The Perioperative Pathway for Older Adults
More than 1.5 million people undergo surgery in Sweden each year, and over 770,000 of them are aged 65 years or older. Older adults often have more complex health needs and may require additional support throughout the surgical…
- Conditions
- Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Postoperative Care, Preoperative Care, Intraoperative Care
- Trial name
- POP (NCT07764289)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Volunteers
- 1,000,000 people
- Sponsor
- Örebro University, Sweden
Pre-frail, Elderly
Clinical and Economic Assessment of a Pre-frail Screening Program
The study intervention improves functional capacity and delays frailty status in pre-frail elderly subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT02138968
- Testing
- Multidisciplinary intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 170 people
- Sponsor
- Consorci Sanitari del Maresme
Fragility
Exercise Intervention to Reverse Frailty
The objective of this study is to evaluate a multi-component exercise intervention as an effective therapy to reverse pre-frailty phenotype in females age 65 or older.
- Trial name
- ERF (NCT02952443)
- Testing
- Exercise, Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia