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WeCareToFeedDysphagia to Reduce Care-partner Burden Full-scale RCT

NCT07250113 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 802

Last updated 2026-03-16

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a newly-created website tool, called WeCareToFeedDysphagia, helps to reduce feelings of burden in care partners of patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) who were diagnosed with trouble swallowing (oropharyngeal dysphagia). The main questions this study aims to answer are:

* How effective is the WeCareToFeedDysphagia tool in reducing feelings of burden in care partners?
* Does the WeCareToFeed Dysphagia tool help improve patient outcomes?
* Does care partner age, gender, and patient dysphagia severity impact the strength of the effect of the WeCareToFeedDysphagia tool?
* Is the strength of the effect of the WeCareToFeedDysphagia tool impacted by care partner's beliefs in being able to manage behavior and stress (self-efficacy)?

Researchers will compare a group of care partners who have access to the WeCareToFeedDysphagia tool (intervention) to a group of care partners who do not have access to the tool. Both groups will receive contact information for help from a speech language pathologist expert (enhanced usual care).

Participants will:

* be given access to the web tool and receive 3 text message reminders over 3 weeks to use the tool (intervention group only).
* be asked to complete a remote, web-based survey three times: when enrolled in the study, at 1 month following patient leaving the hospital, and at 3 months following patient leaving the hospital.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

WeCareToFeedDysphagia web tool

The web tool uses written and video content, care-partner testimonials, frequently asked questions, and resource links to provide accurate information (e.g., dysphagia diets), set realistic expectations, identify/support feeding goals (quality of life considerations), acknowledge/support care-partner feelings, and provide competencies/skills for oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) management.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Northwell Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Liron Sinvani, MD · Northwell Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-17
Primary Completion
2028-01-31
Completion
2028-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT07250113 on ClinicalTrials.gov