Clinical trials: Geriatric Care
Fragility Fracture
Hip Fracture Prevention Follow-up of Elderly Women in Primary Health Care
Researchers plan a 2022 follow-up of medical records data to investigate fracture incidence and survival for 1248 women, born 1902-1931, in a comparative fracture prevention study with 435 participants from an intervention area…
- Trial name
- HIP22 (NCT05269979)
- Testing
- Prevention of hip fractures
- Volunteers
- 1,248 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kronoberg County Council
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
Accidental Falls, Osteoporosis
Prevention of Falls and Its Consequences in Elderly People
Falls are an important risk factor for fragility fractures. Both are associated with the ageing process and as they rise also increase the risk of mortality, disability and dependency.
- Trial name
- PRECIOSA (NCT02617303)
- Testing
- OTAGO's exercises, COMMON PRACTICE
- Where
- 11 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 402 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Aged, 80 and Over, Critical Care
Prognostic Score in the Very Old ICU Patients
The two main aims of the study: 1. To investigate the relation of Frailty, Activity of daily life (ADL), Cognitive functions and Co-morbidity on survival at 30 days (and 6 months in a substudy) 2.
- Trial name
- VIP2 (NCT03370692)
- Testing
- Cognitive assesment, Frailty assessment
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 3,900 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Paediatric Asthma
Patients' Compliance to Home Nebulizer Therapy for Children's Asthma in China
An observational study to investigate the compliance of home nebulizer therapy among children aged 0-14 years old clinically diagnosed with asthma
- Trial name
- CARE (NCT03156998)
- Where
- 12 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 512 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Safety
Intensive Care Nurses' Training Package on the Safety Culture of Geriatric Patients
This study aims to determine the effect of intensive care nurses' training package on the safety culture of critically ill geriatric patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05910918
- Testing
- Intensive Care Nurses' Training Package
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alexandria University
Nutrition Disorders in Old Age
Attitudes, Knowledge, Self-efficacy, and Behaviors of Nurses in Nutritional Care for Older People
Even if awareness among nurses regarding the importance of nutritional care for older people has increased in recent years, nurses continue to underestimate the necessary approach to prevent malnutrition.
- Trial name
- NUTRICARE (NCT05691595)
- Testing
- Online survey data collection
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 179 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato
Aged, Acute Disease
Evaluation of a Residential In-Reach Program in Regional and Rural Australia
Residential In-Reach (RIR) programs are designed to provide responsive care for residents in residential aged care homes (RACH) with the aim of avoiding unnecessary hospital transfers.
- Trial name
- NCT06901167
- Testing
- Residential In-Reach Program
- Where
- 8 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Monash University
Dementia, Delirium Superimposed on Dementia
Evaluating the Impact of VR-therapy on BPSD and QoL of Individuals With Dementia Admitted to Hospital
Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) (such as aggression, restlessness, agitation, wandering, anxiety, depression) are common to most people with dementia at some point during their illness and represent an…
- Trial name
- VRx-RCT (NCT03941119)
- Testing
- VR-therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Malnutrition Elderly, Sarcopenia in Elderly
A Nutrition Care Model for Frailty Prevention in the Elderly Based on Design Thinking
This international multicenter study project. A physical function screening activity for the elderly will be held in the community centers.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition Elderly, Sarcopenia in Elderly, Frailty Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT07504419
- Testing
- nutrition education
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Suh-Ching, Yang
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
Hip Fracture
The Comparison of Comprehensive Multi-disciplinary Program and Conventional Care Program on Fragility Fracture Elderly
Fragility fractures are one of the commonest injuries among elderly people in Hong Kong and account for 12% of the disease burden in elderly aged 65 or above.
- Trial name
- NCT01382875
- Testing
- Multi-disciplinary management program
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Burns
RES® Prepared With RECELL® Compared to Standard of Care Dressings of Partial-thickness Burns in Ages 1-16 Years
A prospective, parallel-arm, randomized (1:1) multicenter trial to demonstrate that RECELL treatment of partial-thickness burn injuries, can safely and effectively increase the incidence of Day 10 healing compared with a…
- Trial name
- NCT03626701
- Testing
- RES (Regenerative Epidermal Suspension) prepared using the RECELL® Autologous Cell Harvesting Device, Mepilex® Ag Wound Dressing, Conventional autografting (only when indicated)
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Avita Medical
Asthma in Children
A Study of Remote Asthma Management Using an Integrated Artificial Intelligence-assisted EHR Dashboard and Mobile Device Compared With Usual Asthma Care to Treat 6-17 Year Old Patients
The main purpose of this study is to look at whether clinicians and their patients with asthma can satisfactorily perform remote asthma management at home (not visiting clinic) by using an artificial intelligence tool called…
- Trial name
- NCT06062433
- Testing
- AsthmaTuner, Asthma-Guidance and Prediction System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Major Depressive Disorder
Treatment Resistant Geriatric Depression in Primary Care
This study involves collaboration between McLean Hospital, Geriatric Medicine at the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) and other sites within the Partners and Harvard Medical School network.
- Trial name
- NCT01392287
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
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
Frail Elderly, Physical Activity
Effectiveness of an Intervention in Multicomponent Exercise in Patients Over 70 Years in Primary Care
Objective: To evaluate the effect of a multicomponent physical activity program, compared with the usual medical practice, to reverse prefrailty by Fried in people over 70 years, one year after the end of the intervention.
- Trial name
- MEFAP (NCT03568084)
- Testing
- MEFAP, control usual practice
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 206 people
- Sponsor
- Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid
Disability Physical
Recovery From Disability After Geriatric-home Rehabilitation Versus Standard of Care: Pilot Study
At discharge after a hospitalization, many older people are not as able as before their hospital stay and have difficulty performing their daily activities at home.
- Trial name
- RECOVER@HOME (NCT06404138)
- Testing
- The Geriatric Activation Program (GAPP) Home version, Standard of care
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (sCAP), Elderly Infection
ESCAPE10: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia in Elderly Patients Acquired Pneumonia in Elderly Patients
The ESCAPE 10 study is a multinational, retrospective, observational cohort study that aims to investigate the epidemiology and outcome determinants of severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) in elderly patients (≥65 years).
- Conditions
- Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (sCAP), Elderly Infection, Community-Acquired Infections, Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
- Trial name
- ESCAPE10 (NCT07070284)
- Where
- 18 sites in Croatia, France and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Joan Sabater-Riera
Fall
GAPcare Fall Prevention Pilot Survey
GAPcare (Geriatric Acute \& Post-acute Care Coordination Program for Fall Prevention) is an early stage investigation that surveys older adults who present to the Emergency Department for any illness to determine the feasibility…
- Trial name
- NCT03076593
- Testing
- Exposure: Fall
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rhode Island Hospital
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