Clinical trials: Home Health Care
Dementia
Optimizing Prescribing of Antipsychotics in Long-Term Care
Inappropriate antipsychotic prescribing is a key quality indicator by which clinical outcomes might be monitored and improved in LTC.
- Trial name
- OPAL (NCT03557593)
- Testing
- Educational
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Aging, Walking, Difficulty
Chronic Wounds and Blood Circulation Detection
Lower limb circulatory insufficiency and the associated chronic wounds are common health problems among the elderly. These issues not only affect the individual's mobility and quality of life but also potentially increase medical…
- Conditions
- Aging, Walking, Difficulty, Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia, Chronic Disease
- Trial name
- NCT07330635
- Testing
- Intervention 1: Mixed exercise program, Intervention 2: High-intensity rowing exercise, Intervention 3: Vibration exercise
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 425 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Advanced Cancer
Feasibility of Home vs. Hospital Based Resistance Training for Advanced Cancer Patients
Cancer causes 8.2 million deaths each year, with an estimated worldwide cost of $895 billion. Pharmacological treatments provide improvements in expected survival and symptoms, but at cost of a high rate of toxicities and…
- Trial name
- NCT02930876
- Testing
- Resistance training
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Schizophrenia Spectrum & Other Psychotic Disorders
PACT for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness
People with serious mental illness have difficulty making good use of primary care, and die, on average, years earlier than others in the population.
- Trial name
- SMI-PACT (NCT01668355)
- Testing
- Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 331 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Reablement, Home Rehabilitation
The Effect of Reablement Service of Long-term Care on Physical Mobility and Quality of Life in Disable People
The long-term care 2.0 policy has been launched at 2017 by Taiwanese government to respond the rate of aging population reached to14% and estimated to 20% in 2025, becoming a "super-aged society" in Taiwan.
- Trial name
- NCT05260476
- Testing
- Reablement
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
Geriatric Syndrome
Expanding Access to Comprehensive Geriatrics Care Via Telehealth
The overall objective of the TeleGRACE project is to improve the care and outcomes of older Veterans with a recent inpatient stay by expanding access to the evidence-based GRACE program, by evaluating a telehealth implementation.
- Trial name
- TeleGRACE (NCT05166603)
- Testing
- TeleGRACE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pancreatic Cancer, GastroEsophageal Cancer
Supportive Oncology Care At Home RCT
This research study is evaluating a program that entails remote monitoring and home-based care for people with cancer who are receiving chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or chemoradiotherapy.
- Conditions
- Pancreatic Cancer, GastroEsophageal Cancer, Rectal Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT04544046
- Testing
- Supportive Oncology Care at Home, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Inappropriate Dose of Drug Administered, Health Behavior
A Trial to De-prescribe Inappropriate Medications in the Community Dwelling Elderly
The objective of this trial is to test the beneficial effect of a pharmacist-initiated knowledge transfer intervention to both patients and prescribers on the discontinuation of inappropriate prescriptions, compared to usual…
- Trial name
- D-PRESCRIBE (NCT02053194)
- Testing
- Pharmacist-led educational intervention
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal
Medication Adherence, Medication Nonadherence
Feasibility of Using a Telemedicine Medication Delivery Unit for Older Adults
Care transition interventions have been successful in reducing medication-related problems and associated rehospitalization primarily by focusing on medication reconciliation conducted by trained healthcare professionals.
- Conditions
- Medication Adherence, Medication Nonadherence, Adverse Reaction to Drug
- Trial name
- EMMA (NCT01430702)
- Testing
- Computerized medication delivery unit (Electronic Medication Management Assistant (EMMA)
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Medication Management at Home
Information Systems Connectivity to Improve Medication Process
Linked Care aims to help healthcare professionals (nurses, doctors, pharmacists) interact efficiently and safely with IT support to improve patient information flows.
- Trial name
- LinkedCare (NCT06728254)
- Testing
- medication management, Usual Care Group
- Where
- 4 sites in Austria
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Peter Putz
Respiratory Tract Infections
A Comparison of Respiratory Sample Collection by a Parent or by a Healthcare Worker
The investigators are aiming to learn more about respiratory infections in young children in the community. To prepare for a larger project, the investigators are conducting this study to get information about the best way to…
- Trial name
- ReSPeCT (NCT00966069)
- Testing
- Parent collection, Healthcare worker home visit
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Queensland
Cancer, Solid Tumors
A Study to Evaluate Satisfaction With Care in Patients With Cancer Receiving Immunotherapy Treatment at Home
The purpose of this observational study in France is to evaluate changes in satisfaction with care in participants with solid tumors who transitioned from receiving immunotherapy treatment in the hospital outpatient setting to…
- Trial name
- NCT06163053
- Testing
- Immunotherapy
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
Head and Neck Cancer, Lymphedema
Home-Based Lymphedema Care Program (HBLCP) in Improving Lymphedema Self-Care in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors
This pilot clinical trial studies a home-based lymphedema care program in improving lymphedema self-care in head and neck cancer survivors.
- Trial name
- NCT02170272
- Testing
- Home-based Lymphedema Care Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Caregiver Burden, Quality of Life
Care Burden And Qualıty of Lıfe
This randomized controlled trial will be conducted to examine the effect of a multidimensional training program, to be implemented by a public health nurse, on the care burden and quality of life of primary caregivers of patients…
- Conditions
- Caregiver Burden, Quality of Life, Public Health
- Trial name
- Care Burden (NCT07672340)
- Testing
- Health Promotion Behavior Education
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- Aydin Adnan Menderes University
Heart Failure
Heart at Home- a Self-care Study
In the study benefits of using mobile phone assisted remote patient monitoring including self-measurements of blood pressure, heart rate and weight as well as monitoring of personal health status are investigated in the care of…
- Trial name
- NCT01759368
- Testing
- Telemonitoring assisted self-care
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Decision Process About the Location of Care Among Frail Elderly
Improving Decision Making On Location of Care With the Frail Elderly and Their Caregivers
One of the toughest decisions faced by the frail elderly in Canada is whether to stay at home or move to a care facility. It is certainly difficult to make this decision alone, but can be even harder if someone else makes it for…
- Trial name
- DOLCE (NCT02244359)
- Testing
- Training, Usual care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 455 people
- Sponsor
- CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Stroke, Stroke Rehabilitation
Volunteer Facilitated Discharge Assistance and Supports at Home (DASH) for People With Stroke
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a home visit by a trained volunteer can improve stroke recovery after a stroke survivor is discharged home from the hospital. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Stroke Rehabilitation, Transitional Care
- Trial name
- DASH (NCT07590076)
- Testing
- Discharge Assistance and Supports at Home (DASH)
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 840 people
- Sponsor
- Bruyère Health Research Institute.
Stroke, Activities of Daily Living
Self-supporting Care Model in Home Environment for Patients With Stroke
The purpose of this study was to administer intervention based on self-supporting care model in home environment and to explore the effects of this intervention on stroke patients' activities of daily living, movement, cognition…
- Trial name
- NCT04744324
- Testing
- Self-supporting Care, Home health education
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Covid-19
COVID-19 Virtual Care at Home
This multicentre prospective cohort trial is designed to demonstrate effectiveness and efficiency of a virtual care model for the management of COVID-19 patients isolating at home.
- Trial name
- NCT04420182
- Testing
- Virtual Care at Home
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 817 people
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Renal Dialysis
Design the Home Care Platform for the Monitoring of A Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Graft by Intelligent Physiological Signal
Most patients with end-stage renal disease require hemodialysis. An arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or a prosthetic arteriovenous graft (AVG) is the preferred accesses for this.
- Trial name
- NCT00702559
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital