Status:
COMPLETED
A Non-pharmacological Intervention for Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Family Caregivers (Care Partners Program)
Lead Sponsor:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Caregiver
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The proposed study will develop and test the efficacy and feasibility of a dyadic-based intervention program (DT), delivered through state-of-the art computer tablet technology. A novel feature of the...
Detailed Description
We will recruit and randomly assign, following a baseline assessment, 246 dyads will be enrolled and randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1) Caregiving Condition or 2) Health Promotion (Nutrition) ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- CAREGIVER (CG)
- MMSE ≥ 26 (with Mungus age and education correction)
- Providing care for a friend or relative with AD for a minimum of eight hours per week for at least the past six months
- Being over the age of 21 years
- Living with or nearby the patient
- Having a telephone
- Planning to stay in the study geographic area for the duration of the study
Exclusion
- Not providing care to someone with memory problems
- Paid caregivers
- Has terminal illness with life expectancy of 6 months or less
- CARE RECIPIENT (CR)
- Inclusion Criteria:
- MMSE 18 - 25 (with Mungus age and education correction) (if scores high on MMSE, the care recipient has to score 1.0 in the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR))
- Needs help with higher level of IADL (e.g., managing finances, helping remember appointments, handling medications)
- Show memory problems
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 29 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
352 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03333252
Start Date
January 29 2018
End Date
May 1 2023
Last Update
April 2 2024
Active Locations (2)
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1
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
2
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, United States, 10065