Clinical trials: Physical Frailty
Frail Elderly People Hospitalized
Predictors of Physical Improvement in Frail Hospitalized Elders After Nutrition and Exercise
This study aims to evaluate whether a 12-week program combining oral nutritional supplements (ONS) with resistance exercises can improve nutritional status, muscle strength, and physical mobility in hospitalized older adults with…
- Trial name
- NCT07429630
- Testing
- Combined ONS and Resistance Training Program
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Zhejiang Hospital
Frailty Syndrome, Pre-frail Older Adults
Targeted Physical Function Exercises on Frailty and Falls Management in Pre-Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults
The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of targeted physical function exercises on frailty and falls in community-dwelling adults over 65 years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT06731712
- Testing
- Physical Function Exercises
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hellenic Mediterranean University
Physical Activity
Supervised Group-based Walking Intervention Among Inactive Older Adults in Saudi Arabia
The purpose of the proposed study is to compare the effects of supervised group-based walking and non-supervised individual-based walking interventions on frailty, cognitive function and quality of life among inactive older…
- Trial name
- NCT05151575
- Testing
- supervised group-based walking and non-supervised individual-based walking interventions
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Baptist University
Frailty
Tai Chi and Laughing Therapy for Improving Functions of Frail Older Adults
The goals of this study are to examine the physical function, cognitive function, and quality of life among frail elderly residing in the community
- Trial name
- AA project (NCT05629728)
- Testing
- Tai Chi exercise, Laughing therapy
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Chungnam National University
Deglutition Disorders, Impaired Cognition
Dysphagia in Elderly Medical Patients
Dysphagia in hospitalized elders is associated with less positive outcomes in rehabilitation, increased likelihood of readmission, increased comorbidity and mortality, and increased length of hospital stay.
- Conditions
- Deglutition Disorders, Impaired Cognition, Physical Activity, Complete Immobility Due to Frailty
- Trial name
- DEM (NCT01006330)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Herlev Hospital
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
Frailty
Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Age-Related Frailty
Frailty is a health state related to the aging process in which multiple body systems gradually lose their built-in reserves. It is a medical condition of reduced function in older adults which is associated with increased risks…
- Trial name
- MESCAFY (NCT05284604)
- Testing
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Critical Care
Prediction of the Post-intensive Care Syndrome
The goal of this observational study is to assess whether a screening of patients at discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) can predict psychological and physical problems three months later.
- Trial name
- PREPICS (NCT05690438)
- Where
- 4 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 773 people
- Sponsor
- Region Stockholm
Frailty, Cardiovascular Diseases
Diet and Exercise Frailty Intervention in Cardiac Device Patients
DEFINIT-P is a prospective pilot study of frailty in cardiac device recipients, comprised of a registry and randomized control trial.
- Trial name
- DEFINIT-P (NCT04052672)
- Testing
- Exercise and Nutritional Supplement
- Where
- Canada
- Sponsor
- Population Health Research Institute
Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
Prognostic Value of Functional-Nutritional Status in Older Adults With Acute Coronary Syndrome
This study aims to find out whether reduced everyday functioning before the acute illness and malnutrition help predict health outcomes in adults aged 65 years and older hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome (heart attack or…
- Trial name
- FNS-ACS65 (NCT07898345)
- Testing
- Functional-Nutritional Burden
- Where
- 2 sites in Russia
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- Samara State Medical University
65 Years Older, CHF - Congestive Heart Failure
Comparing Sarcopenia , Physical, Psychological and Social Frailty in Hospitalized Older Women Congestive Heart Failure in Metropolitan and Rural Settings
Frailty-encompassing sarcopenia, physical, psychological, and social frailty-is common among older adults with congestive heart failure (CHF) and contributes to adverse outcomes such as rehospitalization, mortality, and poor…
- Conditions
- 65 Years Older, CHF - Congestive Heart Failure, Social Communication, Sarcopenia in Elderly
- Trial name
- NCT07100366
- Testing
- ChatGPT, community social
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Aging, Frailty
Cognitive-Motor Exergame Training in Frail Adults
This international multicentre pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of personalized, home-based cognitive-motor training using exergames in improving cognitive and motor functions in…
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT07074639)
- Testing
- Personalized, home-based motor-cognitive exergame training, Otago Exercise Program
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 344 people
- Sponsor
- Eleftheria Giannouli
Alzheimer Disease, Frail Elderly Syndrome
Comparison of Kinesiophobia, Balance, Falling and Walking Speeds of Elderly's With Physical Frailty With Alzheimer's
In this study, Kinesiophobia, Balance, Falling, Walking Speeds of Elderly People with Cognitive Frailty with Alzheimer's Dementia, Elderly with Physical Frailty and Healthy Elderly Individuals will be compared.
- Trial name
- NCT05761665
- Testing
- Evaluation
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kırıkkale University
MULTIPL SCLEROSİS
Comparison of Frailty, Physical Fitness Parameters, and Irisin Levels Between Patients With Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Volunteers
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic immune-mediated and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system that often affects young adults and is more common in women.
- Trial name
- NCT07521982
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 782 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baskent University
Pancreatic Cancer, Periampullary Cancer
Prehabilitation in Pancreatic Surgery
In patients with pancreatic cancer, older age, multiple comorbidities, frailty, malnutrition and poor functional status are common, especially in individuals receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
- Conditions
- Pancreatic Cancer, Periampullary Cancer, Frailty Syndrome, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- PIPS (NCT06069297)
- Testing
- Multimodal Prehabilitation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 238 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Kidney Failure, Chronic, Frailty
Evolution of Physical Frailty and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Kidney Transplant Candidates: A Mixed-Methods Longitudinal Study Protocol
This study looks at how the physical and emotional health of people changes while they wait for a kidney transplant. Waiting for an organ can take a long time.
- Conditions
- Kidney Failure, Chronic, Frailty, Quality of Life, Kidney Transplantation
- Trial name
- NCT07607041
- Testing
- Longitudinal Frailty Assessment, Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (ePROMs)
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital del Mar
Hiv, Frailty Syndrome
Altering Mechanisms of Frailty in Persons Living With HIV Aged 50 to 65
People living with HIV are living longer as their disease is controlled with antiretroviral medications. Yet they are experiencing frailty more often and more than ten years earlier than those without HIV.
- Trial name
- ALTER (NCT04321603)
- Testing
- Walking
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Heart Failure
Comparison of Different Frailty Assessment Tools
Feasibility and Comparison of the Impact of different Frailty Assessment Tools on the Outcome of Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Heart Transplantation in advanced heart failure patients
- Trial name
- NCT04222400
- Testing
- Frailty Assessment
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- German Heart Institute
Pre-frail Elderly
Effects of a Multicomponent Training in Pre-frail Elderly
This study aim to evaluate the effects of 16 weeks of multicomponent training on postural control, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems in pre-frail elderly through nonlinear and linear measurements.
- Trial name
- NCT03110419
- Testing
- Physical Exercise
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
Aortic Stenosis, Cardiac Valve Replacement Complication
Frailty Assessment Before Cardiac Surgery & Transcatheter Interventions
Frailty is a state of decreased physiologic reserves and vulnerability to stressors. Several tools exist to measure frailty, some based on physical tests and others on questionnaires, yet there is no agreement on which tool to…
- Conditions
- Aortic Stenosis, Cardiac Valve Replacement Complication, Fragility
- Trial name
- NCT01845207
- Where
- 14 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Jewish General Hospital