The Brain Health Study: A Pragmatic, Patient-Centered Trial (eRADAR)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease; Dementia

Treatments: Other: Brain Health Assessment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05905796

1R01AG069734 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The eRADAR Brain Health Study seeks to refine and test a novel, low-cost strategy for increasing dementia detection within primary care.

Full description

Detailed description: eRADAR stands for "electronic health record (EHR) Risk of Alzheimer's and Dementia Assessment Rule." It is a low-cost tool or algorithm that uses readily available EHR data elements to identify high-risk patients. The investigators will conduct a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of implementing eRADAR as part of a supported outreach process on dementia detection rates. The investigators will also explore the impact of eRADAR implementation on healthcare utilization and patient experience.

Enrollment: 1,271 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• No prior diagnosis of dementia (defined from EHR diagnosis codes) and not receiving medications for dementia
• Active patient at participating clinic
• Adequate data to calculate eRADAR score

Exclusion criteria

- Currently receiving hospice care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,271 participants in 2 patient groups

Brain Health Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Calculate eRADAR scores using EHR data to identify eligible individuals Invite eligible individuals for brain health assessment visit Enter results of brain health assessment visit into EHR Provide summary of results and recommended next steps to the Primary Care Physician and participant

Treatment:

Other: Brain Health Assessment

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care Individuals who meet eligibility criteria will receive usual care.