Status:

COMPLETED

D-CARE - The Dementia Care Study: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial of Health System-Based Versus Community-Based Dementia Care

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, Los Angeles

Collaborating Sponsors:

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Conditions:

Dementia

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

D-CARE: The Dementia Care Study This pragmatic randomized clinical trial of 2150 persons with dementia and their caregivers, at four diverse clinical trial sites in the United States, compares the ef...

Detailed Description

D-CARE: The Dementia Care Study Objective: To determine the comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two evidence-based models of comprehensive dementia care, as well as the effectiveness ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The person with dementia has a diagnosis of dementia established by a physician or other primary care provider
  • The person with dementia has a primary care provider who is willing to partner with the study
  • The person with dementia has a caregiver who speaks English or Spanish, and has a phone
  • Persons living with dementia in assisted living facilities will be eligible if they do not meet any exclusion criteria (however, no more than 25% of participants can be living in assisted living facilities at the time of enrollment. This will be monitored when the first 25% of the sample has been enrolled.)

Exclusion

  • The person with dementia resides in a nursing home at the time of recruitment
  • The person with dementia is enrolled in hospice at the time of screen
  • The person with dementia plans to move out of the area within the coming year
  • The caregiver of the person with dementia is unwilling or anticipates being incapable of providing self-reported outcome measures for 18 months
  • Baseline measures refused or not completed
  • The caregiver is paid, and is not a relative or close friend of the person with dementia
  • At telephone or in-person screener, the caregiver has cognitive impairment
  • The person with dementia or caregiver is participating in another dementia intervention study
  • Patients and caregivers who are members of a sites' Local Patient \& Stakeholder Committee
  • There is already a member of the same household participating in the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 28 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 21 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

2176 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03786471

Start Date

June 28 2019

End Date

August 21 2023

Last Update

January 30 2025

Active Locations (4)

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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27109

2

Geisinger Health

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, 18765

3

University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555

4

Baylor Scott & White

Temple, Texas, United States, 76508