Clinical trials: Geriatric Care
Delirium, Delirium in Old Age
Eyecontrol coMmunication Platform for dEliRium manaGemEnt in Intensive Care Units (EMERGE)
The purpose of this research is to investigate whether addition of the EyeControl-Pro platform as an adjunct to standard guideline-based intensive care unit management of critically ill patients is effective in reducing delirium…
- Conditions
- Delirium, Delirium in Old Age, Critical Illness, Intensive Care Unit Delirium
- Trial name
- EMERGE (NCT06029244)
- Testing
- EyeControl-Pro, Control
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Israel
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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
Transitional Care, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
New Care Pathways for Supporting TRANSitional CARE From Hospital to Home Using AI and Personalized Digital Assistance
The objective of the TRANSCARE study is to evaluate the use of a digital remote monitoring system to reduce the risk of 30-day readmission in multimorbid elderly patients.
- Conditions
- Transitional Care, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), Geriatric Multimorbidity
- Trial name
- TRANSCARE (NCT07731126)
- Testing
- TRANSCARE Digital Remote Monitoring Ecosystem
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy, Norway and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani
Anesthesia, Hip Fracture Surgery
Efficacy of Perioperative Anesthesia Care Bundle on Prognosis in Elderly Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery
This study is going to research the hypothesis that to strengthen the comprehensive treatment of perioperative anesthesia is possible to improve the prognosis of patients with hip fracture and reduce mortality.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Hip Fracture Surgery, Nursing
- Trial name
- EPAPHUS (NCT03429010)
- Testing
- New "guideline" anesthesia strategy team
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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
Proton Pump Inhibitor, Primary Care
Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI): a Study to Improve Appropriate Prescriptions in the Elderly
Proton Pump Inhibitors(PPIs) are the leading evidence-based therapy for upper gastrointestinal disorders and prevention of antiplatelet or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs induced ulcer.
- Trial name
- LAPTOP-PPI (NCT04637750)
- Testing
- Educational intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Polypharmacy, Multimorbidity
A Multidisciplinary Intervention Including a Clinical Decision Support System and an App for Drug Therapy Management in Older Patients
"La Casa nel Parco" (CANP) Project is a European Union and Regione Piemonte funded multidisciplinary project aimed to explore innovative technology application in older subject care.
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Multimorbidity, Aged
- Trial name
- FARMA-CANP (NCT04391218)
- Testing
- Multidisciplinary Approach Group
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza
Frail Elderly, Aged
Nurse Physical Activity Counseling in Primary Care
Aging veterans with functional impairments followed in primary care clinics were randomized to counseling for a walking plus strength exercise home-based exercise program or to health education by a nurse.
- Conditions
- Frail Elderly, Aged, Physical Fitness
- Trial name
- NCT00105781
- Testing
- Exercise counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
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
Aging
Trial of the Impact of the Electronic Frailty Integrated With Social Needs
Participants in Electronic Frailty Integrated with Social Needs (eFRIEND) will randomize to receive regularly scheduled in-person and telehealth contacts with a community health worker (CHW) or continue to receive standard of…
- Trial name
- NCT05293730
- Testing
- eFRIEND, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,050 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
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
Emergencies, Fall
Physiotherapist in the Emergency Department
This study aims to evaluate the impact of assessment and early physiotherapy management on the care pathway of the elderly person who falls, their length of stay in hospital and their fall recurrence rate.
- Trial name
- KiUrge (NCT05753319)
- Testing
- Physiotherapy in the emergency department after a fall
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 155 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
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
Nursing Home Care, Hospitalisation Prevention
Mobile Geriatric Unit (MGU) to Reduce Hospitalisations in Nursing Home Residents
This prospective observational before-after study evaluates the impact of a Mobile Geriatric Unit (MGU) on hospitalisation rates among nursing home residents.
- Trial name
- MGU (NCT07634757)
- Testing
- Mobile Geriatric Unit (MGU)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 4,907 people
- Sponsor
- Universität des Saarlandes
Frailty in Adult Surgery, Frail Elderly Syndrome
Patient's Database: Prepare for Your Surgery Program
Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome that predominantly affects older people and people with long-term treatments such as cancer and chronic pain.
- Conditions
- Frailty in Adult Surgery, Frail Elderly Syndrome, Database, Perioperative Care
- Trial name
- NCT06857981
- Testing
- Clinical data collection
- Where
- 2 sites in Chile
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
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