Remote Balance Training for Individuals With Dementia
Recruiting
Individuals with dementia (IwDs) fall more and are more seriously injured in falls than their age-matched, cognitively intact peers. An accessible and sustainable fall prevention program would be of great value. Using remote technology has become commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Marymount University's new Center for Optimal Aging plans to use this technology to bring a web-based version of a well-established and accepted evidence-based fall prevention intervention, the Otago Exercis... Read More
Gender:
All
Ages:
60 years and above
Trial Updated:
10/19/2023
Locations: Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia
Conditions: Dementia
Persons With Dementia and Their Extended Family Caregivers
Recruiting
Immediate family members shoulder the majority of care responsibilities for persons living with dementia. However, due to various societal changes, elder care responsibilities have expanded to extended family members, including grandchildren, siblings, nieces/nephews, siblings, and step-kin. The main objective of this study is to understand the caregiving journeys of various extended family members involved in dementia care. We aim to learn about caregivers' care management strategies; their us... Read More
Gender:
All
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/23/2023
Locations: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
Conditions: Dementia, Dementia Alzheimers, Neuro-Degenerative Disease, Dementia of Alzheimer Type, Dementia Severe
Effects of THC-Free CBD Oil on Agitation in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease
Recruiting
This is a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, crossover trial that aims to 1) determine the efficacy of THC-free cannabidiol (CBD oil) in reducing the severity of agitation among participants and 2) determine whether THC-free CBD oil can reduce the burden on caregivers and increase the participants' quality of life.
Gender:
All
Ages:
Between 50 years and 90 years
Trial Updated:
02/15/2023
Locations: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
Conditions: Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Major Neurocognitive Disorder With Aggressive Behavior
Assessment of DeMentia Nutrition Intervention Needs Among Care Recipients and carEgivers
Recruiting
Nutrition is critical for disease prevention and brain health. Malnutrition and weight loss often affect persons with Alzheimer's dementia (PWD), worsening overall health and dementia. Informal caregivers (usually family members) perform many nutrition-related tasks as part of daily care such as food preparation and feeding. Limited research, however, suggests informal caregivers experience high rates of caregiver burden, malnutrition and low health literacy. More research is needed to uncover t... Read More
Gender:
All
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/27/2023
Locations: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Conditions: Dementia
A Music-Based Mobile App for People Living With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)
Recruiting
The purpose of this pilot is to develop a mobile application that detects physiological measures of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and triggers auto-play of personalized songs in a wearable device. The investigators will test the feasibility and acceptability of the app. This app may be an important tool to include in daily caregiving in a home setting by extending established benefits of music therapy for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Gender:
All
Ages:
All
Trial Updated:
11/21/2023
Locations: Autotune Me, LLC, Brooklyn, New York
Conditions: Dementia, Agitation, Depressive Symptoms
In-Home Technology for Caregivers of People With Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Rural Homes
Recruiting
This study aims to develop, evaluate, and commercialize an in-home supportive technology that is designed to alleviate anxiety, burden, and loneliness in spousal and familial caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease, other dementias, or mild cognitive impairment in rural homes.
Gender:
All
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/17/2023
Locations: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Conditions: Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
In-Home Technology for Caregivers of People With Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Wearables
Recruiting
This study aims to develop, evaluate, and commercialize an in-home supportive technology that is designed to alleviate anxiety, burden, and loneliness in spousal and familial caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease, other dementias, or mild cognitive impairment by integrating wearable devices (e.g., Apple Watches).
Gender:
All
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/17/2023
Locations: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Conditions: Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
PET Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases Via a Novel TSPO Radioligand
Recruiting
Background: Aging-related progressive neurological disorders include frontotemporal dementia, Lou Gehrig s disease, and Alzheimer s disease. Little is known about what causes these disorders. Brain inflammation may be involved. Researchers want to see if scans using radioactive drugs can show brain inflammation. Objective: To see if the drug [11C]ER176 can show inflammation in the brain in people with certain progressive neurological disorders compared to healthy adults. Also to find genes th... Read More
Gender:
All
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/16/2023
Locations: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Conditions: Dementia
Adapting the Shed-MEDS Deprescribing Intervention to Dementia Care in Assisted Living
Recruiting
This single-arm pilot study will evaluate the effects of an intervention to reduce exposure to unnecessary or potentially harmful medications among residents with dementia living in an assisted living facility. The goal of the intervention is to safely deprescribe medications (defined by dose reductions and stopped medications), based on a combination of clinical criteria and resident/surrogate preferences. The investigators will evaluate the effects of the intervention on the total number of me... Read More
Gender:
All
Ages:
65 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/16/2023
Locations: Abe's Garden Community, Nashville, Tennessee
Conditions: Polypharmacy, Dementia, Quality of Life
The Care Ecosystem Consortium Effectiveness Study
Recruiting
The Care Ecosystem is an accessible, remotely delivered team-based dementia care model, designed to add value for patients, providers and payers in complex organizational and reimbursement structures. Care is delivered via the phone and web by unlicensed Care Team Navigators, who are trained and supervised by a team of dementia specialists with nursing, social work, and pharmacy expertise. The evidence base to date suggests that the Care Ecosystem improves outcomes important to people with demen... Read More
Gender:
All
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/15/2023
Locations: University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California +5 locations
Conditions: Dementia, Dementia, Vascular, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Dementia Alzheimers, Frontotemporal Dementia
PainChek® US Validation Nursing Home Study
Recruiting
Pain is common amongst people living with dementia. However, as people's dementia worsens their ability to self-report pain diminishes because of limitations in their cognition and communication abilities. As a result pain in people with moderate to severe dementia often goes under-recognised and undertreated. PainChek® is a technology-enabled, observational pain assessment tool, in the form of a mobile application designed specifically to assist healthcare professionals and professional caregi... Read More
Gender:
All
Ages:
All
Trial Updated:
11/14/2023
Locations: NewAldaya Lifescapes, Cedar Falls, Iowa +3 locations
Conditions: Dementia, Pain
ToolBox Detect: Low Cost Detection of Cognitive Decline in Primary Care Settings
Recruiting
Our study objective is to widely implement and evaluate a user-centered, scalable, electronic health record (EHR)-linked strategy for the routine detection of cognitive decline among diverse primary care settings. This strategy, called ToolboxDetect, will provide an efficient and sensitive cognitive screen that can be easily implemented in everyday clinical settings, and is responsive to patient, family, and caregiver concerns for potential symptoms of cognitive decline (CD) and cognitive impair... Read More
Gender:
All
Ages:
65 years and above
Trial Updated:
11/14/2023
Locations: Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Cognitive Dysfunction, Dementia