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Behavioral Intervention

Savvy Caregiver Training for Dementia

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Kenneth Hepburn, MD

Research Sponsored by Emory 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 baseline, 12 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will develop a system to train caregivers of people with dementia, to help increase how many people the program can reach.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults who speak English and are involved with organizations serving dementia caregivers. It includes organizational leaders, interventionists, and caregivers providing at least 3 hours of daily informal care to someone with Alzheimer's or related dementias not expected to need institutional care soon.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study is testing a web-based system designed to train people in delivering the Savvy Caregiver program—a psychoeducation program for dementia family caregivers—using online methods, manuals, and protocols.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves educational interventions rather than medical treatments, traditional physical side effects are not applicable. Participants may experience emotional or psychological responses due to the nature of caregiver education.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 12 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 12 months 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 Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D) score

Secondary outcome measures

Change in Anxiety score

Change in Caregiver Assessment of Behavioral Skill score

Change in Caregiver Pearlin Mastery score

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Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Savvy ParticipantsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Using an on-line survey method, each caregiver will be asked to complete the post-program fidelity monitoring survey that seeks responses to the program (feel more knowledgeable, more competent, better equipped, etc.) and asks them to assess the interventionist's performance and verify that certain key elements of the program were covered.

Group II: Organizational LeadersExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Recorded semi-structured video interviews with sponsoring organizations' key contact persons will be conducted immediately after the interventionist training and then after each of two Savvy offerings. The conversation will focus on identifying ways to strengthen and improve the training, certification, and fidelity monitoring system. Information about time and resource costs of the program, caregiver demand, and caregiver recruitment and feedback (3 interviews per organization) will be also collected.

Group III: InterventionistsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Three recorded semi-structured video interviews will be conducted with each interventionist. One will occur immediately after training; this will focus on their sense of the completeness and adequacy of the training program, including the training methods, videos, and materials, and their perceived readiness to lead the program. Another interview will be done immediately after the conduct of each of the two Savvy programs they lead, asking them to report on their own performance as interventionists, including any adaptation processes in which they might have engaged, and to reflect on ways the training might be improved to strengthen their skills, including for adaptation. In total: 18 interviews.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Savvy program

2021

N/A

~120

Semi-structured video interviews

2021

N/A

~120

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH

1,669 Previous Clinical Trials

28,004,994 Total Patients Enrolled

265 Trials studying Dementia

23,623,291 Patients Enrolled for Dementia

Emory UniversityLead Sponsor

1,636 Previous Clinical Trials

2,560,453 Total Patients Enrolled

20 Trials studying Dementia

2,716 Patients Enrolled for Dementia

Kenneth Hepburn, MDPrincipal InvestigatorEmory University

Frequently Asked Questions

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

How many individuals are being recruited for participation in this clinical trial?

"Indeed, clinicaltrials.gov displays that this study is currently recruiting for participants. The trial was initially posted on August 4th 2021 and has most recently been updated on November 1st 2022. A total of 174 individuals are needed to be recruited from a single medical site."

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Are there any openings for participants in this experiment?

"This trial is actively attempting to enroll participants, as evidenced by the information found on clinicaltrials.gov. This research project was inaugurated in August 2021 and revised most recently in November 2022."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Savvy System Project

Kenneth Hepburn 2021. "Savvy System Project". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04060355.