Clinical trials: Long-term Care Facility
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatic Diseases
Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Complaints in Nursing Home Residents
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the prevalence of joint complaints in nursing home residents with and without dementia. Primary objective: Number of tender or swollen joints. Secondary objectives: 1.
- Conditions
- Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatic Diseases, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Musculoskeletal Diseases or Conditions
- Trial name
- NCT06235710
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Nutritional Status, Nutrient Deficiency
Dietary Challenges in the Population of Nursing Homes' Residents
To obtain up-to-date data on nutritional status of older adults, a national dietary survey will be conducted in 2022/2023, providing data on the consumption of foods and enabling the assessment intakes of energy and specific…
- Conditions
- Nutritional Status, Nutrient Deficiency, Micronutrient Deficiency, Vitamin D Deficiency
- Trial name
- NUTRICARE (NCT05389618)
- Testing
- Diagnostic Tests
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Nutrition, Slovenia (Nutris)
Fall Risk
A HAPA-based Multicomponent Fall Intervention on Older Adults With Declines in Intrinsic Capacity in Nursing Homes
Falls are a common geriatric syndrome that impedes healthy aging and are the primary cause of accidental death in older adults. Globally, more than 50% of older adults experience falls in nursing homes each year.
- Trial name
- HAPA (NCT05891782)
- Testing
- HAPA-based Multidomain Fall Risk Management, Regular health education lectures
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- ZHANG Qing-hua
Nursing Home Resident, Skilled Nursing Facility
Pilot Study of a Behavioral Program for Depression in Skilled Nursing Facility Residents and Care Partners
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a behavioral health program (Interventions for Stressful Transitions in Later Life, InSTILL) for skilled nursing facility residents and care partners.
- Conditions
- Nursing Home Resident, Skilled Nursing Facility, Depression, Feasibility Studies
- Trial name
- BRISK (NCT07891546)
- Testing
- Interventions for Stressful Transitions in Later Life (InSTILL)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Acupoint Massage and Aromatherapy Intervention in Elderly People With Mild Cognitive Impairment in Nursing Institutions
This study aims to investigate and compare the intervention effects of acupressure,aromatherapy,combining acupressure and aromatherapy in elderly with mild cognitive impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT03857269
- Testing
- Acupoint Massage, lavender essential oil, Acupoint Massage and lavender essential oil
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Huan Ding
Wounds
Comparative Effectiveness Study of MIST Therapy Versus Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical and economic effectiveness of MIST Therapy vs NPWT vs MIST Therapy in conjunction with NPWT in the treatment of full thickness wounds presenting in the LTACH and SNF settings.
- Trial name
- NCT01200563
- Testing
- MIST Therapy, Vacuum Assisted Closure, MIST Therapy and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Celleration, Inc.
Low-Value Care
EVOLV-Rx VA: Evaluating Opportunities to Decrease Low-Value Prescribing in Community Living Centers
The investigators developed EVOLV-Rx (Evaluating Opportunities to Decrease Low-Value Prescribing), a novel clinical support tool to detect 18 evidence-based and clinically useful low-value prescribing practices in older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07166107
- Testing
- EVOLV-Rx dashboard
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,161 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Anemia, Chronic Kidney Disease
LEARN-6™: A Prospective, Observational Nursing Home Study
This is a prospective, multicenter, observational, hypothesis-generating study exploring mobility, Quality of Life and other physical performance measures among older, long-term stay Nursing Home residents with CKD, with versus…
- Trial name
- NCT00727571
- Testing
- Observations
- Volunteers
- 815 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amgen
Nursing Homes Residents
Assessment of Teleconsulting in Nursing Homes to Avoid Transportations to the Emergency Units
The purpose of this study is to determine whether teleconsulting would be effective and cost-effective by reducing the patients transportations and the use of emergency units for nursing home residents.
- Trial name
- TMG91 (NCT02164747)
- Testing
- Residents of nursing homes with telemedicine after implementation of telemedicine
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 341 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Nursing Home Residents, Malnutrition or Risk of Malnutrition
Effects of Oral Nutritional Supplements in Nursing Home Residents
Although oral nutritional supplements (ONS) are known to be effective to treat malnutrition in older persons, evidence from nursing home populations including demented residents is rare, especially with regard to functionality…
- Trial name
- NCT01859416
- Testing
- Oral nutritional supplement
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
Dementia, Horticultural Therapy
The Effect of Horticultural Activities on Physical and Cognitive Status, Mental Well-Being, Social Participation and Quality of Life in Individuals Diagnosed with Dementia
This study aims to examine the effects of horticultural activities on the physical and cognitive status, mental well-being, social participation, and quality of life of individuals diagnosed with dementia living in nursing homes.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Horticultural Therapy, Quality of Life, Occupational Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT06899256
- Testing
- Horticultural Activity Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Frailty, Sacropenia
Effects of Exergames and Resistance Training
Frailty is a common geriatric condition with significantly increased vulnerability to stress and susceptibility of negative health-related outcomes.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Sacropenia, Cognition, Mood
- Trial name
- NCT05920577
- Testing
- exergames and resistance training, Resistance training
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Depression
Medication Treatment for Depression in Nursing Home Residents
This study will examine therapeutic and adverse effects of continuing versus discontinuing antidepressant medication in nursing home residents who have had no more than a single episode of depression and who no longer have…
- Trial name
- NCT00076622
- Testing
- Antidepressant medication, No antidepressant medication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Age Problem
Impact of a Hospital Medication Expertise on Unplanned Hospitalizations at 3 Months of Nursing Homes Patients
The use of drugs in the elderly population remains a major public health problem worldwide. Technological advances and the development of new drugs have helped to extend life expectancy.
- Trial name
- TEM-EHPAD (NCT03640845)
- Testing
- tele-expertise
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 364 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Dependence, Fall From Bed
Time Spent on Floor After Falls of Frailty People Overnight
In the context of reduce staff for supervision of dependent elderly, automated risk alert systems could have a positive impact on the organization of night care by better targeting monitoring.
- Conditions
- Dependence, Fall From Bed, Fall Injury, Fall in Nursing Home
- Trial name
- NoDelayFall (NCT03116386)
- Testing
- run-in period, Control period, Etolya-F ® devices
- Where
- France
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois
Randomised Controlled Trial, Major Neurocognitive Disorder
Exergaming in People With Major Neurocognitive Disorder
This randomized controlled trial explores the efficacy of an 8-week standing exergaming program in people with major neurocognitive disorder (MNCD) residing in long-term care facilities.
- Conditions
- Randomised Controlled Trial, Major Neurocognitive Disorder, Long-term Care Facility, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- NCT04436302
- Testing
- Exergame device
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Davy Vancampfort
Focus on the Elderly in a Nursing Home
Pharmaceutical Care in VA Nursing Home
This study investigates the effect of pharmaceutical care on a Veteran nursing home. 100 patients will be selected into this controlled study.The hypothesis are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT01823757
- Testing
- Pharmaceutical care
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Accidental Falls
CONNECT for Quality: A Study to Reduce Falls in Nursing Homes
Clinical trials have identified interventions that reduce adverse outcomes such as falls in nursing home (NH) residents but attempts to translate these into practice quality improvement (QI) techniques have not been successful.
- Trial name
- CONNECT (NCT00636675)
- Testing
- Falls QI, Connect
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,726 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Atrial Fibrillation, Deep Vein Thrombosis
Weekly Monitoring Strategy of Capillary INR Versus Monthly Monitoring Strategy of Venous INR in Elderly Patients in a Nursing Home.
This primary care study aims to compare the "time in therapeutic range" (TTR) of two strategies for monitoring the international normalized ratio (INR) over 6 months in nursing homes.
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Stroke
- Trial name
- INR-CAP (NCT05561244)
- Testing
- Weekly monitoring using the capillary International Normalised Ratio strategy
- Where
- 33 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
COVID-19
Epidemiological Multicohort Study of Latent COVID-19 Infections
Cross-sectional study to detect latent COVID-19 infections in residents and staff of old people's and nursing homes in the city of Solingen with a prospective follow-up of 6 months in a subgroup.
- Trial name
- NCT04695678
- Testing
- COVID-19 nasal/pharyngeal swab
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,462 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wissenschaftliches Institut Bethanien e.V