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DEMA Intervention for Mild Cognitive Impairment (PRIMA Trial)

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Recruiting

Led By Yvonne Y Lu, PhD

Research Sponsored by Indiana University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up change from baseline life satisfaction at 10 days post-intervention evaluation, 3 months post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention

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PRIMA Trial Summary

This trial is testing whether the DEMA intervention can improve life satisfaction and health outcomes for patients and caregivers, compared to the attention control group.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for pairs of adults over 59 with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and their caregivers. Participants need to speak English, be oriented in time and space, have a phone, and not require help with daily tasks. Caregivers must be adults providing unpaid care without severe cognitive issues themselves.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests the DEMA program against an information support group. DEMA aims to improve life satisfaction by helping patients/caregivers identify meaningful activities and learn about MCI through sessions with a nurse.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention involves educational activities rather than medication, typical drug side effects are not expected. However, participants may experience emotional or psychological responses to discussing MCI-related topics.

PRIMA Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ pre-consent

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~pre-consent

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and pre-consent for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Life satisfaction

Secondary outcome measures

Alzheimer Disease Cooperative Study MCI-Activities of Daily Living Inventory [ADCS-MCI-ADL Scale]

Caregiving Outcomes Scale (COS)

Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Items (PHQ-9)

+2 more

Other outcome measures

Confidence Scale

Dementia Deficits Scale (DDS) (Patient vs. Caregiver Versions)

Demographic Profile and Comorbidity Condition

+8 more

PRIMA Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: Daily Engagement Meaningful Activity (DEMA)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

This group will receive 7 individualized sessions, 1 face-to-face session at week 1 and via 6 bi weekly telephone sessions delivered by a trained intervener. DEMA will use the principles of problem-solving therapy and consistent with the overall goals of this intervention; and will provide autonomy support, classify needs and goals, generalize manageable solutions, engage in self-selected activities under family support, and self-evaluate failure and success or renew problem-solving as needed. Each session consists: 1) MCI dyads are guided to use the principles of problem-solving therapy to review their personalized, self-selected meaningful activities and plan next steps to continue the activity, identify and establish a plan for additional activities; and 2) the intervener and dyad discuss one of the 6 topics in the Toolkit such as introducing of the intervention and meaningful activity concepts, understanding MCI, its treatments, management, resources, and planning for the future.

Group II: Information Support (IS)Placebo Group1 Intervention

This group will attend 1 face-to-face meetings to receive an overview of what will happen in the study and an initial Alzheimer disease educational brochure from the Alzheimer's Association (AA). The face-to-face sessions will take place at the IADC Clinical Core clinic, Indiana University Center of Excellence of Women's Health clinic, or Indiana School of Nursing conference room that based on patient-caregiver dyad's preference. Then they will receive 6 bi weekly follow-up phone calls and have the opportunity to ask only questions related to the educational materials. After completing Time 4 data collection, the patient-caregiver dyads will receive DEMA Self-Management Tool kit package through mail.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)NIH

583 Previous Clinical Trials

10,376,720 Total Patients Enrolled

Indiana UniversityLead Sponsor

989 Previous Clinical Trials

1,093,298 Total Patients Enrolled

Yvonne Y Lu, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorIndiana University School of Medicine

Media Library

Daily Engagement Meaningful Activity (DEMA) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04515875 — N/A

Mild Cognitive Impairment Research Study Groups: Information Support (IS), Daily Engagement Meaningful Activity (DEMA)

Mild Cognitive Impairment Clinical Trial 2023: Daily Engagement Meaningful Activity (DEMA) Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04515875 — N/A

Daily Engagement Meaningful Activity (DEMA) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04515875 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many participants have been approved for this research project?

"Affirmative. According to the information on clinicaltrials.gov, this experiment was initially posted on December 13th 2021 and is actively searching for suitable candidates with a goal of 400 patients at one site. The trial has been updated as recently as October 21st 2022."

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Is there a possibility that I could participate in this research endeavor?

"Qualified individuals should present with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and be aged between 18-100. At this time, the trial is looking to recruit around 400 participants."

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Is this trial actively seeking new participants?

"This trial, which was initially made available on December 13th 2021 and has most recently been updated October 21st 2022, is actively searching for potential participants."

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