Clinical trials: Geriatric Health Services
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
Surgery, Geriatric Assessment
Implementation Pilot of Preoperative CGA Before Major Surgery
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether a new implementation package can help older adults prepare for major surgery.
- Conditions
- Surgery, Geriatric Assessment, Health Services Research, Implementation Science
- Trial name
- NCT06184724
- Testing
- Implementation Package for CGA, Routine Clinical Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Elder Abuse, Surveys and Questionnaires
MIStreatment Screening in Elders Before Discharge
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of introducing, implementing, and integrating a brief, existent elder mistreatment screening tool (the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment (NCAEM)'s…
- Conditions
- Elder Abuse, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Neglect, Geriatrics
- Trial name
- MISSED (NCT05807568)
- Testing
- NCAEM EM-SART Pre-Screen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Tumor, Health Services Research
Care Pathways and Disparities in Care for Older Patients With Cancer: Typology, Determinants and Effect on Prognosis ( PASSAGE )
More than half of new cases of cancer in Europe in 2022 occurred in people aged over 70. In addition to cancer, the majority of older people have one or more illnesses that may interact with the treatment decision, cancer…
- Conditions
- Tumor, Health Services Research, Causality, Geriatric Assessment
- Trial name
- PASSAGE (NCT07092800)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 75,000 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Geriatric Health Services, Health Services for the Elderly
Cyber-Human Systems for Personalized Well-being and Health
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of using multi-parameter monitoring devices in the elderly to improve their quality of life not already understood as the absence of disease but in a logic that is…
- Trial name
- RESILIENT (NCT06490783)
- Testing
- Noninvasive wearable devices (smartwatch and heart rate monitor band)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Frailty, Older People
A Service-Learning Program for Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Health Promotion in Older Adults
The GEROS Project aims to develop and implement a Service-Learning (S-L) program that integrates Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and health promotion, for students at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare at the…
- Conditions
- Frailty, Older People, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Health Promotion
- Trial name
- GEROS (NCT06890325)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Health education
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
Health Services, Geriatric
E-Health Literacy and Health Seeking Behavior in the Elderly
The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine the effect of an educational intervention on the use of digital health services for elderly individuals on e-health literacy and health seeking behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT06629181
- Testing
- Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University
Geriatric Health Services
Does the Intervention of an Advanced Practice Nurse for Nursing Home Residents Aged 75 and Over in the Grand Nancy Area Make it Possible to Reduce the Use of the Emergency Service for These Residents?
The rate of emergency room visits is high at the extremes of age, with patients aged 75 or over accounting for 12% of emergency room visits, and the time they spend there is significantly longer than that of younger patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05626946
- Testing
- Observation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
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
Pharmacists in Geriatric Health Services, Conditions Unspecified
The Pharmacist in the Acute Geriatric Inpatient Treatment Team
This trial investigates the effects of a comprehensive pharmaceutical assessment in an acute care geriatric hospital on the number of hospital readmissions and patient's days spent at home.
- Trial name
- AGITATE (NCT03412903)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 154 people
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dr. med. Cornelius Bollheimer
Geriatric Assessment, Health Services for the Aged
Geriatric-CO-mAnagement for Cardiology Patients in the Hospital
The primary objective of the evaluation study is to determine if geriatric co-management is superior to standard of care in preventing functional decline in older patients admitted for acute heart disease or Transcatheter Aortic…
- Conditions
- Geriatric Assessment, Health Services for the Aged, Cardiovascular Diseases, Activities of Daily Living
- Trial name
- G-COACH (NCT02890927)
- Testing
- Cardio-geriatric co-management
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 454 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Geriatrics, Residence for Dependent Elderly
Impact of Multidisciplinary Review of Drug Prescriptions on Patient Safety in a Residence for Dependent Elderly
The main objective of the study is to show that the multidisciplinary review of drug prescriptions changes the adverse drug event (ADE) geriatric risk score (according to Trivalle and Ducimetière 2013) for patients living in the…
- Conditions
- Geriatrics, Residence for Dependent Elderly, Health Services for the Aged
- Trial name
- Rev-EHPAD (NCT02118259)
- Testing
- Before-after study
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Health Services, Geriatric
Self Care for Older Persons in Singapore: An Intervention Study
The main aim of the project is to evaluate a self-care intervention program aimed at enhancing the ability of mildly disabled and healthy older persons in Singapore to manage their health.
- Trial name
- SCOPE (NCT01672177)
- Testing
- Chronic disease self-management training
- Where
- 12 sites in Singapore
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore