Clinical trials: Geriatric Health
Influenza Immunization, Health Volunteers
A Study to Assess Tolerability of the Trivalent Recombinant Vaccine in Individuals Aged 18 and Older Using the Vaccinees Perception of Injection Questionnaire
This study aims to assess patient-reported experiences following trivalent recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV3) vaccination using the Vaccinees' Perception of Injection (VAPI) questionnaire, identify factors related to vaccine…
- Trial name
- NCT06765187
- Testing
- Trivalent Recombinant Influenza Vaccine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,007 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sanofi
Long-Term Care, Aged
The Effectiveness of Applying Art Therapy on Social Interaction, Self-esteem and Well-Being for Elderly Residents in Long-Term Care Institutions
When aging, older people migrate to long-term care institutions. The elderly residents lack autonomy due to the characteristics of group life.
- Trial name
- NCT05098756
- Testing
- Art therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Pain Management, Nursing Homes
Improving Pain Management in Nursing Homes: A Research Project to Enhance Care Practices
This study aims to improve the way pain is managed in nursing homes. It focuses on training staff, creating better systems to track pain, and involving residents and their families in decision-making.
- Conditions
- Pain Management, Nursing Homes, Elderly, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT06984042
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Gonesse
Public Health
Sheffield Physical Activity Booster Trial
Adults that increase their physical activity can improve their health, and reduce future risks to health, but long-term changes are difficult to sustain.
- Trial name
- Booster (NCT00836459)
- Testing
- Mini Booster, Full Booster
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 282 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Richard Hudson
Readmission, Readmission Rates
A Clinician-Patient Dual Behavior Change Framework to Leverage Informed Digital Nudges to Reduce Hospital Readmissions and Improve Patient Outcomes: A Trial for Scalable Strategy to Reduce Readmissions (PREVENT-R)
The PREVENT-R trial will evaluate an intervention targeting both clinician and patient behavior. The clinician-focused piece consists of an electronic medical record-based digital nudge presented to emergency department…
- Conditions
- Readmission, Readmission Rates, Readmission, Hospital, Elderly (People Aged 65 or More)
- Trial name
- PREVENT-R (NCT07890961)
- Testing
- Digital nudge prompting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Accidental Falls, Falling Injury
The Emergency Department Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries Program
This study aims to determine if a bedside decision aid used in the ED for mechanical fall prevention can increase patient participation in management options that decrease their fall risk.
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls, Falling Injury, Other and Unspecified Fall on Same Level
- Trial name
- ED-STEADI (NCT02167737)
- Testing
- Bedside Decision Aid, Control Arm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Lehigh Valley Hospital
Obesity
Launch II: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial of a Clinic and Clinic Plus Home Intervention for Preschool Obesity
The objective of this project is to pilot test a behavioral intervention that includes a home visit component compared to a clinic only and standard of care for the treatment of obesity in preschool age children.
- Trial name
- NCT01419951
- Testing
- Clinic + Home Behavioral Intervention, Pediatrician Counseling, Clinic Only Behavioral Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Old Age; Debility, Health Services for the Aged
Physiotherapy Led Community Intervention for Older Adults Discharged From the Emergency Department
ED PLUS Emergency Department Discharge Physiotherapy Led Community Service is a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial investigating the role of an integrated care intervention consisting of comprehensive geriatrics…
- Trial name
- EDPLUS (NCT04983602)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment arm, EDPLUS
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Limerick
Old Age; Debility
Older People Gait: Physiomechanics and Functionality
The aim of study is to investigate gait in active elderly people regarding the kinematic parameters of gait, indicators of physical fitness and quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT04348539
- Testing
- Balance training
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Metabolic Abnormality, Metabolic Disorders
Evaluating Metabolic Health in People Aged 18 to 60 by Nutrilite Metabolic Health Index
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate Metabolic Health by fit analysis between calculated Nutrilite Metabolic Health Index and the result of Metabolomics analysis from blood plasma samples in healthy adult…
- Trial name
- NCT07161557
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amway (China) R&D Center
Cancer
Cancer Prevention and Care Among Aged
This research represents a pioneering effort to design a brief, cost effective and readily transportable program that will enable disadvantaged elders to become more effective participants in their health care.
- Trial name
- NCT01831375
- Testing
- Speak Up, Get connected
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 697 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
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
Oral Health
The Effectiveness of Lay Health Advisors Strategy Intervention on Aborigines Elderly Oral Care Education
In the present study, the investigators aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based oral exercise with LHA intervention on the oral health-related quality of life, oral function and oral self-care behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT05046210
- Testing
- LHA intervention, Oral exercise intervention
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Breast Neoplasms, HER2/Neu Positive
Tolerability of the Combination of Lapatinib and Trastuzumab in Adults Age 60 or Older With HER2 Positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer
This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well lapatinib ditosylate and trastuzumab work in treating older patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer that has spread from where…
- Conditions
- Breast Neoplasms, HER2/Neu Positive, Geriatric Health Services
- Trial name
- NCT01273610
- Testing
- Lapatinib, Trastuzumab, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Palliative Care, Nursing Homes
Interventional Research With Mixed Methods on an Early Integrated Palliative Approach in Nursing Home
The national context of the end of life of elderly people living in Nursing Home (NH) is concerning. A quarter of NH residents die each year representing a quarter of annual deaths in France of all ages.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Nursing Homes, Aged
- Trial name
- NCT04708002
- Testing
- early integrated palliative approach model
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people
- Sponsor
- Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier
Fall
The Geriatric Acute & Post-acute Care Coordination Program for Fall Prevention in the Emergency Department II
In brief, this K76 study consists of a small open trial to refine the study protocol and train study personnel on study procedures (Aim 1.b.).
- Trial name
- GAPcareII (NCT04304495)
- Testing
- Fall Prevention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 197 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Geriatrics, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Effectiveness of CGA on QoL in Older Patients With Cancer Receiving Systemic Therapy
The G-oncoCOACH study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) process coordinated by a geriatric team in combination with intensive patient coaching compared to the current standard of…
- Trial name
- G-oncoCOACH (NCT04069962)
- Testing
- CGA coordination by geriatric team including intensive patient coaching and follow-up
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 204 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
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
Depressive Symptoms, Metabolic Syndrome X
Reducing Disparities in Late Life Depression and Metabolic Syndrome
Linkages between depression and cardiovascular disease have been well documented. These appear to be more than associations, and may reflect causal relationships through a number of proposed pathways, including decreased physical…
- Conditions
- Depressive Symptoms, Metabolic Syndrome X, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- BRIGHTEN-Heart (NCT01428791)
- Testing
- Generations older adult membership program, BRIGHTEN Heart Virtual Team intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Type 2 Diabetes
JACARDI: A eHealth and Health Literacy Educational Training to Support Older Patients With Type II Diabetes
The JACARDI trial is a multicenter study involving an educational training, with the general objective to improve the eHealth of older adults in relation to the management of type 2 diabetes.
- Trial name
- JACARDI (NCT06904690)
- Testing
- Educational training
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani