Clinical trials: Geriatric Care
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive Assessment of Elderly Primary Care Patients
Most primary care physicians do not screen older patients for cognitive impairment. Identification of cognitive impairment may result in earlier referral for diagnostic work-up and earlier treatment and better patient outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT01492335
- Testing
- Cognitive Report, Treatment As Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 524 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Periodontal Disease, Oral Deseases
Oral-Spray Bacillus Spore Probiotics for Periodontal Disease Prevention and Supprotive Treatment in the Elderly
Periodontal diseases are strongly associated with dysbiosis of the oral microbiome within the biofilm. Key pathogens, including Streptococcus mutans, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Porphyromonas gingivalis, contribute…
- Trial name
- NCT07258303
- Testing
- oral-spray 0.9% NaCl physiological saline solution, LiveSpo Smile CARE
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anabio R&D
Xerosis Cutis, Dry Skin
Enhancing SKIN Health and Safety in Aged CARE
Aged long-term care receivers are affected by various adverse skin conditions like pressure ulcers, incontinence-associated dermatitis, dryness, intertrigo and many more.
- Conditions
- Xerosis Cutis, Dry Skin, Pruritus, Pressure Ulcer
- Trial name
- SKINCARE (NCT03824886)
- Testing
- Implementation of skin care algorithm
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 405 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PD Dr. Jan Kottner
Medication Adherence, Medication Compliance
Supporting the Medication Adherence of Older Mexican Adults Through External Cues Provided With Ambient Displays
Background: Problems with prospective memory, which refer to the ability to remember future intentions, cause deficits in basic and instrumental activities of daily living, such as taking medications.
- Trial name
- NCT04289246
- Testing
- Medication Ambient Display (MAD)
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
Aging Problems
Enhancing Care of the Aged and Dying in Prisons Ph II
The mission of corrections is to provide custody, control and care for incarcerated individuals. United States prisons are required by constitutional law to provide adequate care for growing numbers of older inmates who will…
- Trial name
- NCT03055429
- Testing
- Full Scale Unit
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Randomized Controlled Trial
Cognitive Stimulation in Older With Mild Cognitive Impairment
The participants who carry out our program of cognitive stimulation, deteriorate at a cognitive level more slowly and can improve their score of the Spanish version of 35 points of Mini-mental State of Folstein; Mini-exam…
- Trial name
- Cognitive (NCT03831061)
- Testing
- Cognitive stimulation
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Zaragoza
Depression in Old Age
The Use of Collaborative Care in General Practice for Elderly Patients With Depression
The first part of this study aims to identify the occurence of depression in the elderly. In the second part, older patients with depression will be invited to a collaborative care with his or her family physician and a…
- Trial name
- NCT04078282
- Testing
- Intervention group
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Anesthesia
Educating Anesthesia Residents to Improve Perioperative Care for the Elderly
1. The investigators will design, test and implement a education curriculum for anesthesia residents teaching geriatric anesthesiology. 2.
- Trial name
- NCT03008863
- Testing
- Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Aging
Affordable Mobile Robots for the Elderly
This project develops and tests the use of service robots to track health of the elderly over time. The objectives are to develop a low-cost mobile manipulator capable of a limited set of elder- relevant manipulation tasks (e.g.
- Trial name
- NCT02807506
- Testing
- Mobile Service Robot, Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Sleep Disorders
Acupressure and Sleep Quality in Elderly Care
This study was carried out in a prospective randomized controlled experimental design in order to evaluate the effect of acupressure on sleep quality and day sleepiness in individuals living in an elderly care center.
- Trial name
- ASEQ (NCT07277725)
- Testing
- Acupressure Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duzce University
Deficiency, Vitamin C
Hypovitaminosis C Prevalence and Risk Factors in an Acute Geriatric Unit
Vitamin C is essential for numerous biological processes as it acts as a cofactor in various hydroxylation reactions, but also as a powerful antioxidant.
- Trial name
- HYPO-VIT-C (NCT05668663)
- Testing
- Plasmatic Vitamin C concentrations (known as ascorbemia) on a single blood sample
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 434 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Dementia
Education Program for Enhancing Healthcare Students' Attitudes Toward People Living With Dementia
The aim of this single-arm pre-post study is to examine the effectiveness of gaming-based dementia educational programs for enhancing healthcare students' attitudes toward people living with dementia (PLWD).
- Trial name
- NCT06122623
- Testing
- Health Education
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Airlangga
Healthy
Rationalisation of Polypharmacy in the Elderly by the RASP Instrument
The aim of this study is to determine whether a clinical pharmacist using the RASP list (RASP = Rationalisation of home medication by an adjusted STOPP-list in older patients; STOPP = Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially…
- Trial name
- RASP (NCT01513265)
- Testing
- Pharmaceutical care plan, mostly based on the RASP
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Neonates, Infants Aged 0 Days to 12 Months Scheduled for Elective Surgery
Upper Airway Ultrasound to Predict Difficult Laryngoscopy in Neonates and Infants
Upper airway ultrasound (UA-US) has been utilized in adults to predict difficult laryngoscopy (Cormick-Lehane view 3 or 4) and difficult tracheal intubation (DTI) (≥3 intubation attempts) and with moderate-to-high sensitivity and…
- Trial name
- NCT07444528
- Testing
- Upper airway ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Wheezing
PREcision Medicine Directed Corticosteroids In Children With preSchool Wheeze
Young children frequently attend the emergency department (ED) with wheeze which is usually triggered by a virus infection, such as the common cold.
- Trial name
- PRECISE (NCT06580600)
- Testing
- Point of care respiratory virus testing
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Elderly People Institutionalized in Long-term Care Services
Humoral and Cellular Responses to Vaccination Against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Very Elderly Living in Geriatric Institutions
The main objective of this study is to describe the humoral and cellular response to BNT162b2 vaccination in people over age 75 institutionalized in the long-term care units of the Paris Public Hospitals (APHP)
- Trial name
- COGEVAX-BIO (NCT04961502)
- Testing
- Blood test to describe the humoral and cellular response to vaccination BNT162b2 in the elderly
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gérond'if
Frailty, Dementia
HEalthy Aging Team Supported Home-care Services (HEAT-YASAM)
Depending on the YASAM project which was established to home-visit evaluate community-dwelling older adults (80 years of age and over), we aimed to determine the prevalence (prevalence) of geriatric syndromes (dependence…
- Conditions
- Frailty, Dementia, Depression, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- HEAT-YASAM (NCT05993572)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gulhane Training and Research Hospital
Stroke, Stroke, Ischemic
Understanding the Need and Feasibility of Transitional Care Training Program Among Family Caregivers of Geriatric Stroke Survivors in Pakistan
The main intention of the study is to understand the need and feasibility of transitional care training program among family caregivers of geriatric stroke survivors in Pakistan
- Conditions
- Stroke, Stroke, Ischemic, Stroke Hemorrhagic
- Trial name
- NCT06341881
- Testing
- Transitional Care Training Program
- Where
- 3 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Khyber Medical University Peshawar
Osteoporosis, Sarcopenia
Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Prevention Plan of Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia for the Elderly Participating in Community-based Long-term Care Services
The purpose of this project is: 1. Provide the epidemiological data of the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors of osteoporosis and sarcopenia among the elderly in rural areas. 2.
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Sarcopenia, Frailty
- Trial name
- NCT05104034
- Testing
- Osteoporosis screening and treatment as needed, Sarcopenia, Exercise
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Elderly
Using Videos to Improve Understanding of the Delivery of End-of-life Medical Care in Non-hospital Settings
To compare the decision making of elderly subjects having a verbal advance care planning discussion compared to subjects using a video.
- Trial name
- NCT01233973
- Testing
- video decision aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital