Clinical trials: Nursing Home Resident
Chronic Diseases
Efficacy of Integrated Care to Reduce Hospitalization and Nursing Home Placement in Community Dwelling Frail Elderly
Introduction: Care of frail and dependent elders with multiple chronic conditions is a major challenge for health care systems. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of coordinating the existing structures in the…
- Trial name
- NCT02084108
- Testing
- intervention
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 301 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Iatrogenic Effect
OPTIM-EHPAD Optimization of Drug Prescription for Each Resident Entering in Nursing Home (EHPAD).
Elderly people are at high risk of multiple medication which increases drug interactions and side effects. This problem is accentuated in EHPAD due to the multiplication of prescribers (the referring physician, the hospital…
- Trial name
- OPTIM-EHPAD (NCT05179642)
- Testing
- OPTIM-EHPAD tool
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Nursing Home Resident
Robot for Alleviating Loneliness and Engaging Nursing Home Residents
Social isolation is an emerging critical challenge in the care of older adults. Nursing home residents engage for an average of just 12 minutes per day with an activity director, a situation further exacerbated by Covid-19.
- Trial name
- NCT06174337
- Testing
- Use of Video Connection with Family via Robot
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Northeastern University
Frail Elderly Syndrome
Development of Clinical Indicators From the Swiss RAI-HC
The project aims at deriving frailty (FI) and complexity (CI) indices from data collected with the Resident Instrument Assessment - Home Care adapted for Switzerland (RAI-HC).
- Trial name
- IndiRAI (NCT03139162)
- Testing
- Swiss RAI-HC assessment
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- School of Health Sciences Geneva
Deficiency of Vitamin D3
Optimizing Vitamin D in the Elderly
Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in older people in the absence of vitamin D supplementation. The limited data available show marked inter-individual variability in response to vitamin D supplementation in very old, frail…
- Trial name
- NCT01554241
- Testing
- D3 2000 IU/day, D3 4000 IU/day, D3 50,000 IU weekly
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Dementia, Agitation
Continuing Education in Nursing Home Dementia Care
This is a single-blinded controlled cluster-randomized intervention trial recruiting staff from 24 NHs in three counties in the region of Western Norway, randomly selected from the total NH population in the region.
- Trial name
- MEDCED (NCT01715506)
- Testing
- Educational intervention
- Where
- 24 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 274 people
- Sponsor
- Bergen University College
Incontinence-associated Dermatitis
Prevention of Incontinence-associated Dermatitis
Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) is an inflammation of the skin caused by prolonged direct contact of the skin with urine and/or stool. Elderly and care-dependent people are often affected by this type of inflammation.
- Trial name
- PID (NCT05403762)
- Testing
- ESENTA™ Skin Barrier Spray (ConvaTec, UK), Hydrophobes Basisgel DAC
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Organizational Context
Improving Nursing Home Care Through Feedback On PerfoRMance Data
This project will evaluate three different strategies to get research findings back to managers of care units in nursing homes. Feedback will be provided in a timely and effective way so that it results in improvements in…
- Trial name
- INFORM (NCT02695836)
- Testing
- Initial face-to-face dissemination workshop, Face-to-face goal setting workshop, Virtual support workshops
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Alzheimer's Disease
Enhancing Quality of Life for Nursing Home Residents
Many persons with dementia exhibit behaviors that caregivers find difficult to manage. The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of individualized recreational activities for reducing agitation and passivity in…
- Trial name
- NCT00388544
- Testing
- Activity matched to interest, Activity matched to function, Activity matched to both interest and function
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Dementia, Nursing Home Resident
Video Feedback Intervention in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia and Severe Challenging Behavior.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how, under what circumstances and for whom the video feedback intervention works for (the caregivers of) people with dementia and severe challenging behavior in a nursing home setting.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Nursing Home Resident, Challenging Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05658666
- Testing
- Video feedback intervention (in Dutch: Video Interventie Ouderenzorg)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
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
Elopement or Escaping of Nursing Home Resident With or Without Dementia
ESCAPE Study : Validation of a Specific Tool Scoring Residents at Risk of Escaping/Elopement From Nursing Homes (ESCAPE)
Residents' escapes occur even if most of the nursing homes (NH) have set up specific devices to prevent from this risk. Therefore, the need to develop and validate a specific tool to assess the risk of escaping was obvious to the…
- Trial name
- ESCAPE (NCT03662464)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 4,050 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Executive Dysfunctions
Prevalence of Impaired Executive Functions
The evaluation of executive functions, as well as the means of stimulating and preserving them, are at the heart of the challenges for maintaining a level of functional autonomy in the elderly, but also during the loss of this…
- Trial name
- EXEPA (NCT05311969)
- Testing
- cognitive evaluations and non cognitive evaluations
- Where
- 8 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondation Korian pour le Bien Vieillir
Influenza
High-Dose Influenza Vaccine in Nursing Homes
The purpose of this study is to prospectively evaluate relative effectiveness of high dose influenza vaccine in preventing influenza mortality, hospitalization, and functional decline in a nursing home population in the U.S.…
- Trial name
- NCT01815268
- Testing
- HD Vaccine, SD Vaccine, Free Vaccine
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 823 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insight Therapeutics, LLC
Dementia, Nursing Home Resident
Virtual Nature as a Health-promoting Intervention for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia
Rationale and Objectives: Despite significant efforts from healthcare professionals, nursing home residents with dementia often face isolation and a reduced quality of life.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Nursing Home Resident, Virtual Reality, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- VR&Dementia (NCT06923358)
- Testing
- Virtual Nature intervention (VN)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of South-Eastern Norway
Hospitalisations
Nurse-led Care Models in Swiss Nursing Homes: Improving Interprofessional Care for Better Resident Outcomes (INTERCARE)
This implementation science project aims to implement a nurse-led model of care in 11 nursing homes in the German speaking part of Switzerland, to reduce avoidable hospitalisations.
- Trial name
- INTERCARE (NCT03590470)
- Testing
- Implementation of a nurse-led model of care
- Where
- 7 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 944 people
- Sponsor
- University of Basel
Medication Review, Nursing Home Resident
OptiMEDs Pilot Study
Pilot study of the OptiMEDs intervention: a complex intervention for multidisciplinary medication review (including nurses, pharmacists, and physicians) in nursing homes (NH), with ICT-support for the evaluation of the…
- Conditions
- Medication Review, Nursing Home Resident, Nursing Home
- Trial name
- OptiMEDs (NCT04142645)
- Testing
- OptiMEDs
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Nursing Home Resident, Skilled Nursing Facility
Pilot Study of a Behavioral Program for Resident Depression in Skilled Nursing Facilities
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a behavioral health program (Interventions for Stressful Transitions in Later Life, InSTILL, for Individuals) for skilled nursing facility residents.
- Conditions
- Nursing Home Resident, Skilled Nursing Facility, Depression, Feasibility Studies
- Trial name
- BRISK-I (NCT07655232)
- Testing
- Interventions for Stressful Transitions in Later Life (InSTILL) for Individuals
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Nursing Home Resident, Geriatric
Comparison of the Effects of Motor and Cognitive Dual Task Exercises on Fall Risk, Balance, and Gait
This study aimed to compare the effects of motor and cognitive dual-task exercise programs on fall risk, balance, and gait performance in older adults residing in nursing homes.The main question it aims to answer is: An…
- Trial name
- NCT07823166
- Testing
- Motor Dual-Task Exercise, Cognitive Dual-Task Exercise, Control group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Geriatric, Nursing Home Resident
Upper Extremity and Cognitive Functions in Geriatric Individuals Living in Nursing Homes and at Home
The aim of this study is to examine the cognitive functions, manual skills and upper extremity muscle thickness of geriatric individuals living in a nursing home and at home.
- Trial name
- NCT06988657
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University