Study Summary
This trial seeks to determine if using a smartphone app to provide stress relief to family caregivers of persons with dementia will improve their mental and physical health.
- Family Caregivers
Treatment Effectiveness
Phase-Based Effectiveness
Study Objectives
1 Primary · 4 Secondary · Reporting Duration: 8-weeks
Trial Safety
Phase-Based Safety
Awards & Highlights
Trial Design
2 Treatment Groups
Caregiver skills mobile application
1 of 2
Mentalizing Imagery Therapy and caregiver skills mobile application
1 of 2
Active Control
Experimental Treatment
120 Total Participants · 2 Treatment Groups
Primary Treatment: Mentalizing Imagery Therapy and caregiver skills mobile application · No Placebo Group · N/A
Trial Logistics
Trial Timeline
Who is running the clinical trial?
Eligibility Criteria
Age 18+ · All Participants · 1 Total Inclusion Criteria
Mark “Yes” if the following statements are true for you:- Jain FA, Chernyak S, Nickerson L, Abrams M, Iacoboni M, Christov-Moore L, Connolly CG, Fisher LB, Sakurai H, Bentley K, Tan E, Pittman M, Lavretsky H, Leuchter AF. Mentalizing imagery therapy for depressed family dementia caregivers: Feasibility, clinical outcomes and brain connectivity changes. J Affect Disord Rep. 2021 Jul;5. pii: 100155. doi: 10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100155. Epub 2021 May 29.
- Sikder AT, Yang FC, Schafer R, Dowling GA, Traeger L, Jain FA. Mentalizing Imagery Therapy Mobile App to Enhance the Mood of Family Dementia Caregivers: Feasibility and Limited Efficacy Testing. JMIR Aging. 2019 Mar 21;2(1):e12850. doi: 10.2196/12850.
- Jain FA, Chernyak S, Nickerson L, Abrams M, Iacoboni M, Christov-Moore L, Connolly CG, Fisher LB, Sakurai H, Bentley K, Tan E, Pittman M, Lavretsky H, Leuchter AF. Mentalizing imagery therapy for depressed family dementia caregivers: Feasibility, clinical outcomes and brain connectivity changes. J Affect Disord Rep. 2021 Jul;5:100155. doi: 10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100155. Epub 2021 May 29.
- Felipe A Jain 2023. "Mobile App Psychological Interventions for Family Dementia Caregivers". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05253443.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there any open spaces for participants in this investigation?
"Clinicaltrials.gov attests that this medical trial is actively searching for participants, having first been posted on May 1st 2023 and last edited April 12th of the same year." - Anonymous Online Contributor
To what extent is this trial being populated by research subjects?
"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov specifies that this research project, which was made public on the first of May 2023, is currently enrolling participants. The proposed study aims to recruit 120 individuals from a single site." - Anonymous Online Contributor