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ELDERFITNESS for Sleep

Phase 1 & 2

Waitlist Available

Led By Junxin Li, PhD

Research Sponsored by Johns Hopkins 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 week 1, week 26 intact cognition or week 18 for mci

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test whether a smart watch intervention can help increase physical activity and improve cognition and sleep in sedentary older adults with nocturnal sleep complaints.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ week 1, week 26 intact cognition or week 18 for mci

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~week 1, week 26 intact cognition or week 18 for mci

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and week 1, week 26 intact cognition or week 18 for mci for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Change in Global Cognition As Assessed by The Cogstate Brief Battery (CBB)

Change in Objective Sleep Duration

Change in Physical Activity (PA) as Assessed by Actigraphy

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Based on the self-efficacy theory, participants in the intervention arm will receive personalized, circadian-based activity guidelines, a 2-hour in person education session, real time physical activity self-monitoring, interactive prompts, biweekly phone consultation with the research team, and financial incentives for achieving weekly physical activity goal.

Group II: ControlPlacebo Group1 Intervention

The control group will receive general education on physical activity for older adults and continue daily activity and healthcare routine. Participants in this group will also receive a Go4Life program book from the National Institute on Aging.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

ELDERFITNESS

2019

Completed Phase 2

~160

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Logistics

Participation is compensated

You will be compensated for participating in this trial.

Who is running the clinical trial?

Johns Hopkins UniversityLead Sponsor

2,259 Previous Clinical Trials

14,820,524 Total Patients Enrolled

6 Trials studying Sleep

4,025 Patients Enrolled for Sleep

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)NIH

579 Previous Clinical Trials

10,376,253 Total Patients Enrolled

5 Trials studying Sleep

755 Patients Enrolled for Sleep

Junxin Li, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorJohns Hopkins University

1 Previous Clinical Trials

27 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Sleep

27 Patients Enrolled for Sleep

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Are there any openings available for prospective participants of this experiment?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov has evidence that this trial, initially posted on 11th July 2019, is actively seeking participants. A total of 115 individuals must be enrolled from one medical facility."

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What is the size of this experimental research cohort?

"Confirmed, this clinical trial is actively seeking participants. It was initially made available on July 11th 2019 and recently updated on the 1st of July 2022. 115 people are needed to be enrolled from a single site."

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Is the age restriction for this research limited to individuals eighteen and over?

"For this clinical trial, the age eligibility range is between 60 and 85 years old."

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What qualifications must an individual satisfy in order to participate in this medical experiment?

"This research program seeks to enroll 115 adults aged between 60 and 85 with poor sleep quality. To be eligible, candidates must display intact cognitive functioning or mild cognitive impairment, have their physician's approval for engaging in light to moderate physical activity, and report more than 5 hours of sedentary activities on a daily basis."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

A Personalized Behavioral Intervention to Improve Physical Activity, Sleep and Cognition in Sedentary Older Adults

2019. "A Personalized Behavioral Intervention to Improve Physical Activity, Sleep and Cognition in Sedentary Older Adults". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03959202.