Status:

RECRUITING

Personalized Management of Psycho-behavioral Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease: Impact on Health Resources Use

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Toulouse

Conditions:

Alzheimer's Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

60+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The present project propose to study the effectiveness of a personalized care management of psycho-behavioral symptoms based on an evidence-based standardized assessment to identify and understand the...

Detailed Description

PERSON-AL is a multicentric, interventional, open-label, randomized, parallel-group, stratified by centre, study comparing two arms: usual care versus intervention (personalized care preceded by a sta...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • For the patient :
  • Diagnosed with major neuro-cognitive disorders (DSM V) at all severity stages.
  • Leaving at home
  • Assisted by a caregiver, from patient's family or personal environment, assuming most of patient care (spending at least 6 hours per week with the patient)
  • caregiver available to come with the patient to study visits as planned per protocol
  • existing agitation since at least one month (according to International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) criteria)
  • agitation severity ≥ 2 , based on Clinician Global Impression of Severity (CGI-S) (at least mild severity)
  • the patient, his/her family member/trusted person , or his /her legal responsible has provided written informed consent to participate in the study
  • referring physician's oral approval obtained for patient participation in the study
  • Affiliated to French Healthcare System
  • For the caregiver:
  • Has provided his/her written informed consent to participate in the study
  • Ability to understand and speak French properly, ability to complete the questionnaires and assess the patient.
  • Affiliated to French Healthcare System

Exclusion

  • For the patient:
  • Agitation symptoms attributable either to other concomitant prescriptions, or to other psychiatric or evolving somatic diseases.
  • Patient living in a residential care facility or having an institutionalization project within 6 months
  • Patient with clinically significant or unstable disease that could affect he/her ability to come for the study visit or complete the evaluations planned as per protocol
  • Concomitant participation to any other interventional research study
  • Patient under legal protection.
  • For the caregiver:
  • Caregiver under legal protection.
  • Limited internet access or caregiver feeling unable to use it

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 14 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 14 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

668 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04820127

Start Date

October 14 2021

End Date

October 14 2024

Last Update

August 2 2024

Active Locations (16)

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CH d'Albi

Albi, France

2

CH de Cahors

Cahors, France

3

Carcassonne Hospital

Carcassonne, France, 11000

4

CHI Castres Mazamet

Castres, France