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Behavioral Intervention

VIPA and companion booklet for Aging

N/A
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Northwestern 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 baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
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Study Summary

This trial will test a new way to help manage social isolation for homebound older adults by providing skills and tools through a voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant, like Google Home or Amazon Alexa.

Eligible Conditions
  • Physical Dependence
  • Aging

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks 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 Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities
Change in Acceptability
Change in Anxiety
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Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: VIPA device and companion bookletExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
For Aim 2, we will recruit a total of 20-40 older adult homebound patients who are likely to be socially isolated, through the Geriatric and General Internal Medicine clinics at Northwestern (over 2,300 homebound older adults) to use the VIPA and accompanying instructional booklet focused on social-isolation. Either the study PI or Research Study Coordinator (RSC) will visit the participant's home, or assist the patient virtually, once consented, to set up the Google Home or Amazon Alexa device for them and review the companion VIPA booklet with them.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
VIPA and companion booklet
2020
N/A
~30

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Northwestern UniversityLead Sponsor
1,586 Previous Clinical Trials
917,230 Total Patients Enrolled
3 Trials studying Aging
269 Patients Enrolled for Aging
The Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence CentersOTHER
9 Previous Clinical Trials
277 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Aging
12 Patients Enrolled for Aging

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Intelligent Personal Assistant for Managing Depression in Homebound Older Adults
Katherine O'Brien 2020. "Intelligent Personal Assistant for Managing Depression in Homebound Older Adults". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04900272.
~5 spots leftby Apr 2025
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