Aging Brain Care Virtual Program (ABCV)

Indiana University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease; Dementia

Treatments: Behavioral: Aging Brain Care Virtual Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06245499

FY23_Demo2_Torke

U54AG063546 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

20249 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The program involves a virtual intervention to be delivered by RN or SW care coordinators over one year. Every care partner will receive monthly virtual visits during the first 3 months and then quarterly or more depending on assessed need. The intervention relies on a tailored approach in which patient and caregiver needs are identified during visits using validated assessment tools and addressed with standardized protocols. Protocols include management of behavioral/psychological symptoms of dementia, caregiver stress, medication management, comorbidity management and advance care planning.

Enrollment: 989 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Patient Inclusion Criteria:

• 65 and older,
• active primary care patient (visit in past 14 months),
• diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) based on ICD criteria in primary care problems list.

Patient Exclusion Criteria:

• enrolled in hospice at the study start (study screening)or
• living in a long term care nursing facility.

Care Partners Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 and older,
• able to access a phone or computer for intervention delivery in English, and
• identified in the EMR as the emergency contact or as the primary care partner.

Care Partners Exclusion Criteria:

- Individuals who decline to participate in the ABCV intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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989 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Care Partners in the intervention group will be approached and offered care coordination through the Aging Brain Care Virtual program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Aging Brain Care Virtual Program

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Care partners in the control group will not be approached, but outcomes data will be collected from the EMR for comparison with the intervention group.