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Behavioural Intervention

PATH-Care for Caregiver Burden (PATH-Care Trial)

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Led By Cary Reid, MD PhD

Research Sponsored by Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up at week 10 (post-intervention)

Awards & highlights

PATH-Care Trial Summary

This trial project seeks to adapt an existing therapy - PATH - to help caregivers of people with Alzheimer's. PATH uses emotion regulation, behavioral activation, and problem-solving skills training.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults who have been caring for someone with Alzheimer's or related dementias for at least 6 months, providing a minimum of 10 hours of care per week. They must be English-speaking and score above certain levels on cognitive and emotional assessments. Paid caregivers, those caring for non-ADRD individuals, or anyone with severe depression are excluded.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests an adapted version of Problem Adaptation Therapy (PATH) enhanced with caregiver education to help caregivers manage the emotional and practical challenges of caring for someone with Alzheimer's Disease or Related Dementias.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since PATH-Care is a psychosocial intervention focusing on emotion regulation and problem-solving skills training, it may not have typical 'side effects' like medications do; however, participants might experience emotional discomfort during therapy.

PATH-Care Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ at week 10 (post-intervention)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~at week 10 (post-intervention)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and at week 10 (post-intervention) 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 Positive and Negative Affect as Measured by the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS)

Change in caregiver burden as measured by Zarit Burden Interveiw (ZBI-12)

Mental Depression

Secondary outcome measures

Change in efficacy and preparedness as measured by the Preparedness Caregiving Scale (PCS)

Change in emotion regulatory ability as measured by the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ)

Change in positive aspects of caregiving as measured by the Positive Aspects of Caregiving scale (PAC)

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PATH-Care Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: PATH-CareExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Problem Adaptation THerapy (PATH) adapted for caregivers along with tablet based exercises to enhance and reinforce the therapy sessions.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityLead Sponsor

1,055 Previous Clinical Trials

1,316,280 Total Patients Enrolled

3 Trials studying Caregiver Burden

582 Patients Enrolled for Caregiver Burden

Cornell UniversityOTHER

166 Previous Clinical Trials

14,089,845 Total Patients Enrolled

Cary Reid, MD PhDPrincipal InvestigatorWeill Medical College of Cornell University

1 Previous Clinical Trials

95 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

PATH-Care (Behavioural Intervention) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05567120 — N/A

Caregiver Burden Research Study Groups: PATH-Care

Caregiver Burden Clinical Trial 2023: PATH-Care Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05567120 — N/A

PATH-Care (Behavioural Intervention) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05567120 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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

What are the chief goals of this medical experiment?

"This trial will be monitoring the Change in Positive and Negative Affect as Measured by the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) over a 10-week period. Secondary objectives include evaluating subjects' preparedness through the Preparedness Caregiving Scale (PCS), emotion regulatory capacity via Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), and positive aspects of caregiving with Positive Aspects of Caregiving scale (PAC). These measures are evaluated on various scales, ranging from 1 to 7 or 5 points respectively; higher scores indicate increased efficacy for each measure."

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Is there still capacity for participants in this experiment?

"Contrary to clinicaltrials.gov's public information, this medical trial is not currently accepting enrollees. The study was unveiled on the 2nd of January 2023 and recently updated in September 2022. While no longer recruiting patients for this specific experiment, there are 62 other trials searching for volunteers at present time."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Pre-Pilot: Problem Adaptation THerapy in Caregivers

2024. "Pre-Pilot: Problem Adaptation THerapy in Caregivers". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05567120.