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Intervention for Frailty

N/A

Recruiting

Led By Scott M Dresden, MD, MS

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 30 days

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test whether adding a specialized team to care for older adults in the emergency department improves care and outcomes.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for older adults aged 65 or above who are living independently or with others, can provide informed consent, and have a Clinical Frailty Scale score of at least 4. It's not for those in critical condition, non-urgent cases, enrolled in another study, unable to follow-up or complete assessments in English, COVID-19 positive patients, prisoners, psychiatric holds or if they've had certain consultations outside the trial.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests the Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations (GEDI) program. Participants will either receive care from a standard emergency department team plus GEDI specialists or just the usual emergency care. The aim is to see if adding GEDI improves outcomes for frail older adults.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves an additional care program rather than medication there may be no direct side effects like with drugs; however participants might experience discomfort due to increased interaction/intervention by the healthcare team.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 30 days

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~30 days

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 30 days for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Secondary outcome measures

Death

Number of patients admitted

Number of patients with hospital admission or death

+7 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Standard emergency department are plus GEDI consult

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Standard emergency department care

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Intervention

2011

Completed Phase 4

~73780

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Northwestern UniversityLead Sponsor

1,586 Previous Clinical Trials

916,411 Total Patients Enrolled

5 Trials studying Frailty

1,141 Patients Enrolled for Frailty

Scott M Dresden, MD, MSPrincipal InvestigatorNorthwestern University Department of Emergency Medicine

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Are there any open spots for individuals to join this trial?

"Per the information available on clinicaltrials.gov, participation in this medical trial is open to new recruits. The study was first published on October 7th 2019 and has been updated most recently as of March 18th 2022."

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How expansive is the recruitment of participants for this trial?

"Correct. The clinicialtrials.gov website shows this medical trial is actively recruiting, with the first post being dated October 7th 2019 and most recent update on March 18th 2022. 840 participants need to be found at a single clinical site."

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Recent research and studies

Contemporary Clinical TrialsJournal

The Impact of Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations (GEDI) on Health Services Use, Health Related Quality of Life, and Costs: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Dresden, Scott M., Alexander X. Lo, Lee A. Lindquist, Masha Kocherginsky, Lori Ann Post, Dustin D. French, Elizabeth Gray, and Allen W. Heinemann. 2020. “The Impact of Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations (GEDI) on Health Services Use, Health Related Quality of Life, and Costs: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial”. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2020.106125.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations

Scott Dresden 2019. "A Randomized Controlled Trial of Geriatric Emergency Department Innovations". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04115371.