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Supportive Care for Cognitively Impaired Patients and Families
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT03881579
Purpose
Currently almost 5 million Americans suffer from the distressing symptoms related to dementia
and this number that will triple by 2050. The overall goals of the proposed project are to
evaluate, in community dwelling Alzheimer's Disease Research Center participants the benefits
of a 12-month nurse-led early palliative intervention on symptoms, quality of life, health
care resource use. The relevance of this research to public health is that there is an urgent
need to improve the palliative care of persons with dementia living in the community. This
study will contribute substantially to that effort.
Official Title
Supportive Care for Cognitively Impaired Patients and Families
Stanford Investigator(s)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- All patients enrolled in the Stanford Alzheimers Disease Research Center (SADRC).
- All caregivers enrolled in the Stanford Alzheimers Disease Research Center (SADRC).
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Institutionalized (not a community dweller) at the time of entry into the study;
2. Have severe dementia and are incapable of responding to the outcome measures at
baseline. 3. Participants who live alone and don't have a proxy will be excluded only
if they are deemed as lacking the capacity to provide informed consent at the time of
entry into the study.
Intervention(s):
behavioral: nurse-led supportive care assessment
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
VJ Periyakoil, MD
6507234000