Clinical trials: Geriatric Care
Neurocognitive Disorders
Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Brain HQ Modules vs. Active Controls for Elderly Survivors of ICU
The purpose of this project is to test whether an online cognitive rehabilitation program or online thinking exercises helps improve memory and thinking in elderly patients who survive a severe infection.
- Trial name
- NCT04081090
- Testing
- Brain HQ Cognitive Modules
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Geriatric Assessment, Geriatric Oncology
Geriatric Oncology Care in Brazil: Remote Geriatric Assessment-Driven Interventions With Supportive Care
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether a telehealth-delivered, geriatric assessment-guided supportive care program (GAIN-S) can improve health outcomes in older adults (age 65 and above) with solid tumors who are…
- Conditions
- Geriatric Assessment, Geriatric Oncology, Quality of Life, Functional Decline
- Trial name
- GAIN-S (NCT07084454)
- Testing
- GAIN-S Multidisciplinary Telehealth Intervention, Standard Oncology Care
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Cristiane Decat Bergerot, PhD
Home-dwelling Elderly, Health Care Recipient
Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHRSS) Encounter Notification Service Pilot Project
This study evaluates the value of the automated notification service that allows more timely information access and sharing. A 12-month RCT will be conducted to determine the efficacy of the provision of the service to an elderly…
- Trial name
- NCT04186351
- Testing
- Encounter notification service
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 864 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Oral Health of Older Men
Talking Pen Audio-Interactive Program for Oral Frailty Delay in Community-Dwelling Elderly
This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a talking pen audio-interactive technology integrated with an oral frailty delay care program for community-dwelling older adults in rural agricultural regions of…
- Trial name
- NCT07191600
- Testing
- Talking Pen Audio-Interactive Oral Frailty Care Program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Dysphagia, Oropharyngeal, Dysphagia
Slow-Stream Expiratory Muscle Strength Training for Veterans With Dysphagia Living in Long-term Care
Sunnybrook Veterans Centre (VC) is a long-term care (LTC) facility with many elderly residents living with swallowing disorders who are at high risk of developing pneumonia from aspirating food/liquid into their lungs.
- Conditions
- Dysphagia, Oropharyngeal, Dysphagia, Dysphagia, Progressive, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT04064333
- Testing
- Slow-Stream Expiratory Muscle Strength Training
- Where
- Canada
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Critically Ill Very Elderly Patients Admitted to ICU's
Treatment Intensity/Factors Predicting Short and Long Term Outcomes in Elderly Critically Ill Patients
1. Patients greater than 90 years of age will have poorer outcomes in terms of mortality than younger patients controlling for disease and acuity 2.
- Trial name
- NCT00554684
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 399 people
- Sponsor
- St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Geriatric Care
Clinical Trial on the Effectiveness of the Model of Centered Care in the Person in the Geriatric Population at Home(Project AICP.Com)
It is an individualized care model and therefore difficult to define in a concrete way: it is based on respect for the individual characteristics of each person (their beliefs, values, preferences, life history, projects…
- Trial name
- AICPcom (NCT05534737)
- Testing
- MAICP + usual care of social services, Control
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Fundacion para la Formacion e Investigacion Sanitarias de la Region de Murcia
Acute Musculoskeletal Pain
Virtual Reality and Standard Care vs. Standard Care Alone for Acute MSK Pain in Geriatric ED Patients
The proposed Virtual Reality as an Adjunct to Pain Management for Geriatric Patients in the ED (VRAP-ED) project will take place in the Emergency Medicine Department at Maimonides Medical Center.
- Trial name
- NCT06685107
- Testing
- Standard of Care Analgesia, Standard of Care Analgesia + Virtual Reality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Antonios Likourezos
Frail Elderly Syndrome, Sarcopenia
Multidimensional Intervention in Pre-frail Patients Older Than 70 Years
Aging represents a huge advance in society and a health and social challenge. Spain has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, but other countries with the same demographic characteristics are ahead of us in quality…
- Trial name
- NCT04574271
- Testing
- Intensive dietary advice and exercise prescription, Usual dietary advice and exercise prescription
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 340 people
- Sponsor
- Endocrinology and Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Spain
Sarcopenia
Screening for Age-Related Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction
This pilot study will aid the development of a sonographic screening method used to obtain proxy measures of LBM and estimates of muscle composition that relate to Intramuscular adipose tissue (IMAT), lipid metabolism, and…
- Trial name
- ARMS (NCT02277236)
- Testing
- DXA scanning, CT imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Aging, Healthy, Risk Reduction
The REMINDER Program for Older Adults Supported by Residential and Daycare Facilities
Dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) deeply impact individuals' well-being and are expected to increase due to population aging, with global cases projected to rise to 152.8 million by 2050.
- Conditions
- Aging, Healthy, Risk Reduction, Old Age; Dementia
- Trial name
- REMINDER (NCT06733181)
- Testing
- REMINDER intervention
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Coimbra
Elderly Exercise
The Effect of IoT-based Smart Exercises System in the Senior Adults
Subjects are divided into two groups, (1) Control (Ctrl) and (2) Smart Exercise (SE) group. Ctrl group are instructed to maintain their daily life.
- Trial name
- NCT04137939
- Testing
- smart exercise system
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Frailty
Secure and Focused Primary Care for Older pEople
The population worldwide is aging. The demographic change is challenging to health care organizations and highlights the need for effective preventive and proactive care models in primary care, especially for older people.
- Trial name
- SAFE (NCT05706272)
- Testing
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), Care as usual
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Linkoeping University
Older Patients Dying in Acute Geriatric Hospital Wards
The Effectiveness of the Care Programme for the Last Days of Life
BACKGROUND Demographic trends coupled with a rise in chronic diseases mean that the population of patients requiring palliative and end-of-life care is ageing.
- Trial name
- PLaDays (NCT01890239)
- Testing
- Care Programme for the Last Days of Life
- Where
- 9 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- End-of-Life Research Group
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
Frailty, Retrospective Study
Post-acute Care for Patients With Frailty
Acute illness could be enormous stress for frail people. Combining comprehensive geriatric assessment and multifactorial intervention has positive effects on frail community older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT05452395
- Testing
- Post-acute care
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 254 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei City Hospital
Colorectal Neoplasms
Risk-adapted Screening in First-degree Relatives of Patients With Colorectal Cancer
BACKGROUND: First-degree relatives of patients with colorectal cancer are at increased risk for colorectal cancer as well. Nevertheless, participation in the German national screening program stagnates at 2-3 percent per year…
- Trial name
- FAMKOL (NCT01903395)
- Testing
- Nurse-led counselling
- Where
- 33 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 313 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
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
Frailty, Frail Elderly Syndrome
Protocol for Multi-site Evaluation of New Community-based Frailty Programme
Background: Frailty is increasing in prevalence internationally with population ageing. Frailty can be managed or even reversed through community-based interventions delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals, but to…
- Conditions
- Frailty, Frail Elderly Syndrome, Frailty Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT04866316
- Testing
- There is no active intervention as this is a service evaluation
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 335 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geriatric Education and Research Institute
Elderly, Frail
Are Geriatric Out-patient Care Better Than Usual Care?
Frailty and multimorbidity is one of the biggest challenges of todays health care due to the demographic development with more and more elderly surviving many diseases that was mortal just a few decades ago.
- Trial name
- NCT02923843
- Testing
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
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