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Volunteering for Loneliness (HOPE Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Kimberly A Van Orden, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Rochester

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 month 12

Awards & highlights

HOPE Trial Summary

This trial will help researchers understand if volunteering can help reduce loneliness in older adults.

Eligible Conditions

Loneliness
Quality of Life

HOPE Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ month 12

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~month 12

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and month 12 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Health-related Quality of Life

Loneliness

Secondary outcome measures

Belonging (Mechanism)

Meaning and Purpose (Mechanism)

Satisfaction With Social Roles and Activities (Mechanism)

Other outcome measures

Social Isolation

HOPE Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: VolunteeringExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Structured social volunteering program providing peer companionship to frail, homebound older adults for at least 16 hours per month for 12 months.

Group II: Life ReviewActive Control1 Intervention

Self-guided program of life review for 12 months.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Volunteering

2018

N/A

~400

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH

1,669 Previous Clinical Trials

28,004,823 Total Patients Enrolled

13 Trials studying Loneliness

2,855 Patients Enrolled for Loneliness

University of RochesterLead Sponsor

836 Previous Clinical Trials

517,802 Total Patients Enrolled

9 Trials studying Loneliness

377 Patients Enrolled for Loneliness

Kimberly A Van Orden, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Rochester

2 Previous Clinical Trials

92 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Loneliness

30 Patients Enrolled for Loneliness

Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is the total enrollment capacity for this clinical trial?

"Affirmative. According to the details posted on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical research is actively seeking volunteers and has been since 1/1/2018. An estimated 300 people are needed from one trial site for completion of the study requirements. The information was last updated on 3/10/2022."

Answered by AI

What aims is the clinical trial attempting to achieve?

"This medical trial will primarily evaluate the efficacy of its interventions in terms of reducing loneliness over a 12-month period. Additional metrics, such as satisfaction with social roles and activities (PROMIS), social isolation (PROMIS) and meaning/purpose (measured using PROMIS' 4 item scale on a 5 point Likert score system) are also being monitored to assess changes that may occur throughout this clinical trial."

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Are there any open enrollment opportunities for this clinical research endeavor presently?

"Indeed, clinicaltrials.gov displays that this particular medical trial is actively searching for participants. It was first posted on January 1st 2018 and the most recent update was March 10th 2022; with a total of 300 patients sought at one location."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

The Helping Older People Engage Project: Improving Social Well-Being in Later Life

Kimberly Van Orden 2018. "The Helping Older People Engage Project: Improving Social Well-Being in Later Life". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03343483.