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Pain With Dementia

NCT06854718 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-12-03

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to develop a caregiver-assisted pain coping skills training program for older adults who have pain and mild to moderate dementia and are living at home with a family caregiver. The investigators are planning to recruit 30 patient-caregiver dyads (60 individuals).

Conditions

  • Pain
  • Dementia, Mild
  • Dementia, Moderate

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Caregiver-Assisted Pain Coping Skills Training (CG-PCST)

Patient-caregiver dyads will receive five, forty-to-sixty-minute sessions over a six-to-eight-week period with a therapist to learn pain coping skills. These include training caregivers in strategies for assessing patient pain, including nonverbal pain behaviors (e.g., grimacing, bodily tension, labored breathing), which will become increasingly important as the patient's ability to express pain verbally decreases. The therapist will also train the caregiver to coach the patient in the use of the skills during activities that are challenging because of pain. We will focus on increasing positive patient-caregiver interactions and patient engagement in valued activities. Throughout the training, the therapist will help the patient and caregiver learn strategies for fostering regular home practice and application of the skills, identify challenges in using the skills, and find strategies for coping with challenges.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Duke University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laura Porter, Ph.D · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-13
Primary Completion
2026-12-01
Completion
2026-12-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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