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Behavioral Intervention

Experimental: PLAN - Home for Dementia (PLAN-Home Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Haera Han, 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 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 6 months
Awards & highlights

PLAN-Home Trial Summary

Rapid growth in elderly population and higher prevalence of dementia necessitates further attention to dementia. Even though early detection and continuing care are mainstays of dementia care, limited access to dementia diagnosis and dementia care planning for elders could be attributed to factors like low dementia literacy-the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic dementia-related information and services to make appropriate health decisions-and lack of social support. Developing innovative pathways to transition families of individuals with probable dementia into healthcare access for early diagnosis of dementia and timely dementia care planning can benefit patients and the patients' families. To this end, the investigators' study aims are to develop a home-based intervention program for dementia evaluation, education, and care planning and test its feasibility and acceptability in a pilot study.

PLAN-Home Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 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
Number of participants linked to medical service for dementia
Secondary outcome measures
Change in Caregiver Quality of Life
Change in Dementia Literacy as assessed by Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM)-Dementia scores (for all caregiver participants)
Change in Patient quality of life as assessed by Quality of Life-Patient scores (for all patient participants)
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PLAN-Home Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Experimental: PLAN - HomeExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Trained NPs will deliver the PLAN-Home to the enrolled participants, which consists of home-based dementia evaluation, education, and care planning for older adults with probable dementia.
Group II: No intervention: Control GroupActive Control1 Intervention
The control group will receive a copy of the publicly available educational material on 10 warning signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and action steps prepared by Alzheimer's Association.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Johns Hopkins UniversityLead Sponsor
2,256 Previous Clinical Trials
14,820,071 Total Patients Enrolled
31 Trials studying Dementia
82,802 Patients Enrolled for Dementia
Haera Han, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorJohns Hopkins University

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Maryland
How old are they?
18 - 65
What site did they apply to?
The Johns Hopkins University
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria
~0 spots leftby Apr 2025