Clinical trials: Nursing Home
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Pragmatic Trial of Video Education in Nursing Homes
This is a pragmatic cluster-randomized control trial (RCT) of an Advance Care Planning (ACP) Video Program for nursing home (NH) patients ≥ 65 years old who are cared for in 360 NH facilities (intervention arm n=119; control arm…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- PROVEN (NCT02612688)
- Testing
- ACP Video Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 197,692 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Enhancing Sleep Quality for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia
This was a pilot study (R61) to prepare for a full clinical trial (R33) aiming to improve clinical outcomes for an important, growing, and vulnerable population-nursing home (NH) residents with Alzheimer's disease or related…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Sleep Disorder, Sleep Disturbance
- Trial name
- 40Winks (NCT04533815)
- Testing
- LOCK sleep intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Lung Cancer
Home Telemonitoring for Patients With Lung Cancer
The purpose of this study is to learn more about using a home machine "Telemonitor" to find problems people with lung cancer may have after being discharged from the hospital and help them manage problems by contacting their…
- Trial name
- HTPLC (NCT01670539)
- Testing
- HomMed Telemonitor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- West Virginia University
Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning
Palliative Care Consultations in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Setting
Close to one-third of Medicare decedents use the Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) benefit in the 6 months prior to death.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning, Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Trial name
- NCT03958552
- Testing
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
COPD Exacerbation
Early Assisted Discharge for COPD Exacerbations With Telemonitoring.
To determine if an early assisted discharge program for acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD), with telemonitoring and telephone control, is equally effective and more efficient in terms of use of health care resources, that a…
- Trial name
- NCT01951261
- Testing
- Telemonitoring and telephone control
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 116 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. López Viña
Covid19, SARS-CoV Infection
COVID-FIS: Pilot in COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) of Fisetin in Older Adults in Nursing Homes
The purpose of this study is to test whether Fisetin, a senolytic drug, can assist in preventing an increase in the disease's progression and alleviate complications of coronavirus due to an excessive inflammatory reaction.
- Trial name
- COVID-FIS (NCT04537299)
- Testing
- Fisetin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Polypharmacy, Inappropriate Prescribing
Randomised, Controlled Trial of an Individual Deprescribing Intervention for Nursing Homes Residents
This study will evaluate the effects of a pharmacist-led, deprescribing-focused medication review on the use of inappropriate medications by nursing home residents
- Trial name
- OLD-NH-IDeI (NCT03655405)
- Testing
- Individual Deprescribing Intervention
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Anne Niquille
Sleep Deprivation
Improving Sleep in Nursing Homes
Older people living in nursing homes do not sleep very well for many reasons. Sleep disorders such as sleep apnea (when someone briefly stops breathing during sleep), and night time urination, along with the problems caused by…
- Trial name
- NCT00576927
- Testing
- Ramelteon
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Depressive Symptoms, Quality of Life
Life Story Book With Mentally Alert Residents of Nursing Homes
The objective of this study is to study the effects of the Life Story Book intervention on depressive symptoms and meaning in life for mentally alert residents of nursing homes.
- Trial name
- NCT03851016
- Testing
- Life Story Book, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
Dementia
Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease_part1
The purpose of this trial is to test the effects of a personalized music intervention (Music and Memory, Inc.) on agitated and aggressive behaviors for nursing home residents with dementia.
- Trial name
- METRIcAL (NCT03821844)
- Testing
- Music and Memory
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,073 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Dementia
Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease (METRIcAL)_part2
The purpose of this trial is to test the effects of a personalized music intervention (Music and Memory, Inc.) on agitated and aggressive behaviors for nursing home residents with dementia.
- Trial name
- METRIcAL (NCT04850807)
- Testing
- Music & Memory
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 990 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
COVID-19
COVID-19 Serologic Strategies for Skilled Nursing Facilities
The COVID-19 pandemic ravaged United States skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs). Novel strategies that maximize the safety and quality of life for SNF residents with ADRD and staff who care for them are urgently needed.
- Trial name
- CERO (NCT05270980)
- Testing
- Cohorting
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Influenza
High Dose Influenza Vaccine in Nursing Home - Pilot Study
The purpose of this pilot evaluation is to help determine the feasibility and power needed to prospectively evaluate relative effectiveness of high-dose influenza vaccine in preventing influenza mortality and hospitalization in a…
- Trial name
- NCT01720277
- Testing
- HD Fluzone Vaccine, SD Fluzone Vaccine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,957 people
- Sponsor
- Insight Therapeutics, LLC
Transitional Care, Caregivers
Connect-Home Clinical Trial
This study will test whether transitional care targeting care needs of seriously ill, skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients and their caregivers will help to improve SNF patient outcomes (preparedness for discharge, quality of…
- Conditions
- Transitional Care, Caregivers, Patient Discharge, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT03810534
- Testing
- Connect-Home
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 654 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Polypharmacy, Inappropriate Prescribing
Opportunities and Limits to Deprescribing in Nursing Homes:Quality Circle Deprescribing Module
Older people residing in nursing homes (NH) are frequently polymedicated and often prescribed potentially inappropriate medications.
- Trial name
- OLD-NH-QC-DeMo (NCT03688542)
- Testing
- Quality Circle Deprescribing Module
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anne Niquille
Poor Quality Sleep
Efficacy & Safety of Eszopiclone (Lunesta) in Nursing Home Patients
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the sleep aid Lunesta (Eszopiclone), on older adults who reside in a nursing home and have poor sleep as determined by wrist actigraphy.
- Trial name
- NCT00460993
- Testing
- Lunesta
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Polypharmacy, Care Transitions
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Deprescribe for Older Patients With Polypharmacy
This randomized, controlled trial will evaluate the effects of an intervention to reduce exposure to medications among hospitalized older adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Care Transitions, Geriatric Syndromes
- Trial name
- Shed-Meds (NCT02979353)
- Testing
- Shed-Meds: A Patient-Centered Deprescribing Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 372 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hospitalization, Infection
Project PROTECT: Protecting Nursing Homes From Infections and Hospitalization
This is a cluster-randomized trial of nursing homes to assess whether decolonization with routine chlorhexidine bathing and periodic use of nasal antiseptics can reduce hospitalizations associated with infections, antibiotic…
- Trial name
- PROTECT (NCT03118232)
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), Iodophor (10% povidone-iodine)
- Where
- 28 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13,952 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, Children With Medical Complexity
Parent-to-parent Coaching While Awaiting Hospital Discharge With a Child With a Ventilator
The objective of the study is to pilot a parent-to-parent coaching model with experienced family members of children with Invasive Mechanical Ventilation (IMV) as parent coaches.
- Conditions
- Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, Children With Medical Complexity, Home Nursing, Empowerment
- Trial name
- NCT05880953
- Testing
- Parent-to-parent coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Ageing
Implementation of Knowledge-Based Palliative Care
The research on ageing during the last couple of decades has increasingly focused on questions regarding the quality of life and life satisfaction of the old people.
- Trial name
- KUPA (NCT02708498)
- Testing
- Educational Intervention
- Where
- 30 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,151 people
- Sponsor
- Lund University