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Treatment Routes for Exploring Agitation

NCT00820859 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2009-07-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of non-pharmacological ways to treat agitated behaviors in nursing home residents with dementia. The hypothesis is that non-pharmacological interventions will be more effective than placebo in decreasing such behaviors.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

TREA (Treatment Routes for Exploring Agitation)

Individualized non-pharmacological treatment plan for agitation

BEHAVIORAL

Placebo Control Group

A presentation on the treatment of behavior problems in dementia given to the staff caregivers of the comparison group

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, PhD · Research Institute on Aging

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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