Supportive Care for Cognitively Impaired Patients and Families

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Dementia, Primary Palliative Care, Mild Cognitive Impairment

In brief

Currently almost 5 million Americans suffer from the distressing symptoms related to dementia and this number that will triple by 2050. The overall goals of the proposed project are to evaluate, in community dwelling Alzheimer's Disease Research Center participants the benefits of a 12-month nurse-led early palliative intervention on symptoms, quality of life, health care resource use. The relevance of this research to public health is that there is an urgent need to improve the palliative care of persons with dementia living in the community. This study will contribute substantially to that effort.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03881579

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

200

Starts

2019-12-18

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-03

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients enrolled in the Stanford Alzheimers Disease Research Center (SADRC).
• All caregivers enrolled in the Stanford Alzheimers Disease Research Center (SADRC).

You may not qualify if…

• Institutionalized (not a community dweller) at the time of entry into the study;
• Have severe dementia and are incapable of responding to the outcome measures at baseline. 3. Participants who live alone and don't have a proxy will be excluded only if they are deemed as lacking the capacity to provide informed consent at the time of entry into the study.

Where it is running

• VJ Periyakoil — Palo Alto, California, United States

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