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Functionally Tailored Oral Care Intervention for Dementia

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Xi Chen, DDS, PhD

Research Sponsored by Xi Chen

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 3 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will develop and test a staged and modifiable dyadic intervention to provide functionally-tailored oral care rehabilitation for community-dwelling persons with dementia and skills training for their caregivers.

Eligible Conditions

Dementia
Cognitive Impairment

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 3 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~3 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3 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

Caregiver: Attitude and efficacy in providing oral care

Person with Dementia: Oral Hygiene

Secondary outcome measures

Behavioral symptoms during care in Person with Dementia

Dyadic Relationship

Oral Care Related Burden

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: InterventionalExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

30 PWD/CG dyads

Group II: ControlExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

10 PWD/CG dyads

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Control Intervention

2014

Completed Phase 3

~1480

Functionally Tailored Oral Care Intervention

2020

N/A

~60

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Institutes of Health (NIH)NIH

2,693 Previous Clinical Trials

6,951,538 Total Patients Enrolled

21 Trials studying Dementia

10,945 Patients Enrolled for Dementia

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)NIH

577 Previous Clinical Trials

10,375,759 Total Patients Enrolled

16 Trials studying Dementia

5,241 Patients Enrolled for Dementia

Xi ChenLead Sponsor

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 participating in the experiment?

"Affirmative. According to the details listed on clinicaltrials.gov, recruitment for this medical study is currently underway; initially posted in April 2020 and most recently updated June 2022. 80 individuals are needed from a single site location."

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Is this research open to those aged 75 and above?

"This research study is in need of participants who are at least 18 years old, but not yet 100."

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What patient criteria is necessary to join this medical research study?

"80 participants aged between 18 and 100 who are living with dementia can take part in this research. In addition to the age requirement, individuals must be willing and able to commit to completing all of the necessary protocols for participation."

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Is this clinical experiment currently open to participants?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov verifies that this clinical trial is actively searching for participants, with 80 volunteers sought from one location since April 22nd 2020. The study was last modified on June 27th 2022."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Functionally-tailored Oral Care Intervention for Community-dwelling Older Adults With Dementia and Their Caregivers

Xi Chen 2020. "Functionally-tailored Oral Care Intervention for Community-dwelling Older Adults With Dementia and Their Caregivers". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04238520.