Status:

COMPLETED

Early Cognitive Intervention in Delirium

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Conditions:

Delirium

Cognitive Decline

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a randomized control trial to determine if early cognitive training and rehabilitation improve 4-month cognition in hospitalized older (\>=65 years old) delirious patients with and without Alz...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 65 years or older
  • Admitted through the ED
  • Cognitive training can be initiated within 24 hours of ED presentation
  • Delirious at enrollment

Exclusion

  • Comatose
  • Not able to follow simple commands or non-verbal prior to the acute illness (end-stage pre-illness ADRD)
  • Resides in a nursing home
  • Prisoner
  • Receiving hospice care
  • Lives \> 100 miles away from the enrolling sites
  • Non-English speaking
  • Previously enrolled
  • Deaf or blind
  • Intravenous drug, crack or cocaine, or methamphetamine use within the past one year, or any condition that, in the investigator's opinion, makes them an unreliable trial patient or unlikely to complete the trial.
  • Psychotic disorder or suicidal gesture requiring hospitalization with the past one year
  • Discharged from the ED

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 9 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 14 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

283 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04740567

Start Date

February 9 2021

End Date

November 14 2024

Last Update

December 24 2025

Active Locations (2)

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Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - Nashville Veteran Affairs Hospital

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37027

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37027