Clinical trials: Skilled Nursing Facilities
Urinary Incontinence
A Pilot Clinical Trial of TENA Identifi in the Nursing Home Setting
The purpose of this study is to prospectively compare a standard of care manual toileting protocol (e.g., "check and change" strategy) to toileting patterns recorded by the TENA Identifi system in identifying incontinence…
- Trial name
- NCT03209570
- Testing
- Care planning using TENA Identifi sensor wear data, Care planning without using TENA Identifi sensor wear data
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- Insight Therapeutics, LLC
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
Alzheimer Disease
Optimizing Care for Patients With Dementia
Of the 1.4 million nursing home (NH) residents in long term care facilities, more than half have Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT03442322
- Testing
- transdisciplinary approach, multidisciplinary approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
COVID-19 Vaccines
Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Nursing Homes
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, now being administered to skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents and staff, has highly variable acceptance between facilities.
- Trial name
- NCT04732819
- Testing
- High touch multi-pronged behavioral intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23,768 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Gait, Medication Induced Gait Disturbances
BioButton Among Nursing Home Residents
This pilot study will explore the use of the BioIntellisense BioButton, a remote wearable multi-parameter monitor, to identify gait disturbances that occur as a side effect of polypharmacy.
- Trial name
- NCT06665685
- Testing
- BioButton Device, Providing Clinical Care with BioButton Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Charles Lin
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
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
Dementia
Home-delivered Meals for Persons With Dementia: Which Model Delays Nursing Home Placement?
This project is the pilot phase of a pragmatic randomized clinical trial comparing outcomes among older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) receiving home-delivered meals.
- Trial name
- NCT04850781
- Testing
- Bi-weekly frozen meal home delivery, Daily home meal delivery
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 243 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
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
Diabetes, Hyperglycemia
Diabetes in the Elderly: Prospective Study
Diabetes is highly prevalent in the elderly, afflicting about 20% of older adults aged 65-75 years and 40% of adults >80years of age.
- Trial name
- DMElderly (NCT01131052)
- Testing
- Insulin Glargine, Insulin, Insulin glulisine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Guillermo Umpierrez
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
Physical Deconditioning
Shifting Rehabilitation Paradigms in Skilled Nursing Facilities
This study seeks to improve rehabilitation methods for restoring physical function with skilled nursing facility care. More specifically, this study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive therapeutic…
- Trial name
- NCT02927171
- Testing
- IntenSive Therapeutic Rehabilitation for Older Skilled Nursing Home Residents
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Diabetes
ADA Linagliptin in Long Term Care
This is a study to determine whether glycemic control, as measured by change in HbA1c and frequency of hypoglycemia, is different between treatment with linagliptin (Tradjenta®) and basal insulin in long term care residents(LTC)…
- Trial name
- NCT02061969
- Testing
- linagliptin, insulin glargine
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Dementia
Goals of Care: A Nursing Home Trial of Decision Support for Advanced Dementia
This cluster randomized controlled trial is to examine whether decision support for goals of care can improve quality of communication and decision-making and improve the quality of palliative care for nursing home residents with…
- Trial name
- GOC (NCT01565642)
- Testing
- Goals of care decision support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 302 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Depression
The Effect on Depressive Symptoms in ECF Residents With COPD
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of treatment with Advair Diskus on depression using the Cornell depression scale in COPD patients in the nursing home.
- Trial name
- DISK-02 (NCT00974246)
- Testing
- Advair diskus
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Valley Medical Research
Advanced Dementia
Educational Video to Improve Nursing Home Care in End-stage Dementia
This is a 5-year cluster RCT of a video Advance Care Planning intervention vs. control among 360 nursing home residents with advanced dementia (N=180/arm) in 20 matched nursing homes (10 intervention/10 control).
- Trial name
- EVINCE (NCT01774799)
- Testing
- Advance care planning intervention, Control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 804 people
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Xerosis Cutis
Skin Health and Effectiveness of Standardized Skin Care Regimens in Nursing Home Residents
Residents of institutional long-term care facilities are at high risk for developing skin and tissue diseases, e.g. xerosis cutis (including pruritus), infections (e.g., tinea pedis, candidiasis), chronic wounds or neoplastic…
- Trial name
- NCT02216526
- Testing
- Cetaphil® Restoraderm, Excipial
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PD Dr. Jan Kottner
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Osteoporosis
Preventing Osteoporosis Using Denosumab
The purpose of this research study is to find out if denosumab (Prolia®), an injection given in the arm under the skin every 6 months, works to treat bone loss and prevent it from worsening in older men and women (ages 65 and…
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Osteoporosis, Osteoporotic Fractures
- Trial name
- PROUD (NCT02753283)
- Testing
- denosumab, Calcium and Vitamin D
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people
- Sponsor
- Susan L. Greenspan
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
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Aligning Patient Preferences: a Role Offering Alzheimer's Patients, Caregivers, and Healthcare Providers Education and Support
Nursing home (NH) patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias often receive unwanted, burdensome treatments such as hospitalization.
- Trial name
- APPROACHES (NCT03323502)
- Testing
- APPROACHES ACP Specialist Program, Standard of care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47,396 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University