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A Trial of the C-TraC Intervention for Dementia Patients

NCT02388711 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 584

Last updated 2021-02-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of the project is to conduct a prospective, randomized-controlled clinical trial to determine the extent to which the Coordinated-Transitional Care (C-TraC) program impacts transitional care quality, patient cognition/function, caregiver stress and 30-day rehospitalizations in patients with documented diagnoses of dementia discharged from the hospital to the community.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

C-TraC Intervention

C-TraC utilizes a nurse case manager to coordinate the patient's transitional care through active participation in inpatient multidisciplinary discharge rounds, a single brief protocol-driven inpatient encounter, and 1-4 protocol-driven post-hospital telephone calls with the patient/caregiver using spaced retrieval techniques.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amy J Kind, MD, PhD · University of Wisconsin - Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2019-10-11
Completion
2019-10-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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