Clinical trials: Health Service for the Aged
Loneliness, Social Isolation
Evaluating and Implementing The CONNECT Program - a Group-Based Telehealth Intervention to Reduce Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Mental Health Symptoms in Adults Ages 55+, Compared to Routine Community-Based Programming
Older adults in Canada are experiencing increasing levels of social isolation, loneliness, and mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression - trends that have worsened during and following the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Social Isolation, Depression Disorders, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT07107906
- Testing
- The CONNECT Program, Community Participation as Usual (Service as Usual)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Health Services for the Aged, Medication Therapy Management
A New Interdisciplinary Collaboration Structure to Improve Medication Safety in the Elderly
Suboptimal use of medications among geriatric patients is well-known problem and leads to medication errors, re-hospitalizations and death.
- Trial name
- IMMENSE (NCT02816086)
- Testing
- Interdisciplinary collaboration structure
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 516 people
- Sponsor
- University of Tromso
Frailty, Frail Elderly
Synergizing Home Health Rehabilitation Therapy
The objective of this project is to pilot test an ADL (activities of daily living)-enhanced program as an adjuvant therapy to usual home health rehabilitation to improve patient outcomes.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Frail Elderly, Occupational Therapy, Activities of Daily Living
- Trial name
- NCT05411393
- Testing
- ADL-enhanced program, Usual home health rehabilitation therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
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
Heart Failure, Coronary Disease
Effect of a Community-based Nursing Intervention on Mortality in Chronically Ill Older Adults
Care coordination, disease management, geriatric care management, and preventive programs for chronically ill older adults vary in design and their impact on long-term health outcomes is not well established.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Coronary Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Asthma
- Trial name
- NCT01071967
- Testing
- Community-based nurse care management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Health Quality Partners
Health Services for the Aged
Effectiveness and Organizational Conditions of Effectiveness of Telemedicine in Establishments Providing Care for the Dependent Elderly
Study of interest of Telemedicine in establishments providing care for the dependent elderly (EHPAD in french) is a strategy for improving the course of care of residents, including the number not programmed hospitalizations, and…
- Trial name
- EFFORT (NCT03486977)
- Testing
- Evaluation of disease and follow-up
- Where
- 24 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 373 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
Advance Care Planning
Advanced Care Planning for the Severely Ill Home-dwelling Elderly
This study will develop and evaluate a complex intervention to implement advance care planning for severely ill home-dwelling elderly acutely admitted to hospital, by using a cluster randomized design.
- Trial name
- NCT05681585
- Testing
- Implementation support program
- Where
- 12 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Palliative Care, Health Services
Point Prevalence Survey of Palliative Care Needs in Hospitals and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly.
The goal of this observational, point-prevalence study is to assess the burden of palliative care needs among adults hospitalised in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics wards, and among residents of long-term care facilities, on the…
- Trial name
- PCD (NCT07313748)
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Older Adults
The Effect of IoT-based Smart Exercises System in the Senior Adults: Coordination
Subjects are divided into two groups, (1) Control (Ctrl) and (2) Smart Exercise (SE) group. Participants in the Ctrl group are instructed to perform combined muscle strength and coordination exercises twice weekly, with each…
- Trial name
- NCT07772726
- Testing
- Smart Exercise program, Exercises
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
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
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
Delivery of Health Care, Health Services
The COPACC Study: Utilization, Health and Economic Evaluation of a Community-Based Primary Care Geriatric Hub at Whampoa
This study evaluates the Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA) Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), a model of community-based primary care geriatric hub at Whampoa, Singapore.
- Conditions
- Delivery of Health Care, Health Services, Costs and Cost Analysis, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT04594967
- Testing
- Patient-centred care home (PCMH)
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 184 people
- Sponsor
- Geriatric Education and Research Institute
Health Services for the Aged
Multicomponent Exercise on Executive Function and Balance
The present study is to examine the effects of a multicomponent exercise on executive function and balance in pre-frail older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT03611192
- Testing
- Multicomponent exercise, Home-program exercise
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Cardiovascular, Comorbidity
Improving Patient-Centered Care for Underserved Older African American Patients With Cardiovascular Comorbidities
This is formative evaluation trial guided by the Values Clarification Theory25 and the Cultural Values Theory26, with specific aims to: Aim 1.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular, Comorbidity, Diabetes, Inflammatory Joint Diseases
- Trial name
- PPC Heart (NCT07748858)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Accidental Falls
The HIP-HOP Flooring Study: Helping Injury Prevention in Hospitalised Older People
In hospitals, older people can fall and hurt themselves. The investigators want to see if a new type of flooring can help stop people hurting themselves as badly, if they accidentally fall.
- Trial name
- NCT00817869
- Testing
- New flooring
- Where
- 8 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 571 people
- Sponsor
- University of Portsmouth
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
Prediabetes
PREPARE: "Prediabetes Research and Education Promoting Activity & Responsible Eating"
The purpose of this study is to determine if a 6-month community-based prediabetes lifestyle and behaviour change intervention (called, PREPARE) for middle and older adults with prediabetes will result in positive lifestyle…
- Trial name
- PREPARE (NCT01396772)
- Testing
- PREPARE education program, standard of care presentation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Brescia University College
Older Adults
The Effect of IoT-based Smart Exercises System in the Senior Adults: Resistance Band Training System
Subjects are divided into two groups, (1) Control (Ctrl) and (2) Smart Exercise (SE) group. Participants in the Ctrl group are instructed to perform resistance band training twice weekly according to a paper-based exercise guide…
- Trial name
- NCT07772713
- Testing
- Smart Elastic Band App, Paper-based Resistance Band Exercise Guide
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
ED-based Allied Health Services
Impact of an Allied Health Team in the Emergency Department on Older Adults' Care
The study aims to examine the impact of implementing a dedicated team of Health and Social Care Professionals (HSCPs) in the emergency department (ED) of a large Irish hospital on the quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of…
- Trial name
- NCT03739515
- Testing
- HSCP intervention, ED routine care
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 354 people
- Sponsor
- University of Limerick
Breast Neoplasms, Medication Adherence
A Novel E-Health Approach in Optimizing Treatment for Seniors (OPTIMUM Study)
Background: In women with hormone receptor positive (HR+) breast cancer, adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) is associated with a significant survival advantage.
- Trial name
- NCT02876848
- Testing
- OPTIMUM e-health tool
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre