Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D)

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Conditions studied: Dementia

In brief

This study will evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the novel Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D) intervention for couples following dementia diagnoses. The primary target is emotional distress, and the program aims to prevent chronic distress in at-risk couples.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06619327
Run by: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
People needed: 24
Starts: 2025-02-19
Expected to finish: 2028-07-01
Last updated by the study team: 2026-06-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Recent (\~3 month) chart documented ADRD diagnosis,
ADRD symptom onset after age 65
Cognitive assessment scores and symptoms consistent with early stage dementia, as determined by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale scores of .5 or 1.0
Cognitive awareness of their problems (as determined by the treating neurologist), and ability to understand study and research protocol, as determined by a standardized teach-back method assessment
Additional inclusion criteria for dyads are:
English speaking adults (18 years or older)
Dyad lives together
At least one partner endorses clinically significant emotional distress during screening (>7 on Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale subscales or <5 on the Geriatric Depression Scale)

You may not qualify if…

Patient is deemed inappropriate by the neurology team
Either partner has a co-occurring terminal illness
Patient was diagnosed with forms of dementia with clinical profiles that would preclude participation (e.g., Frontotemporal Dementia- behavioral variant), as determined by treatment team.

Where it is running

Brain Injury Research Center at Mount Sinai — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)

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