CatchU App for Fall Injury Prevention (CatchU Trial)

Palo Alto (17 mi)

Overseen byJeannette R Mahoney, PhD

Age: 65+

Sex: Any

Travel: May be covered

Time Reimbursement: Varies

Trial Phase: N/A

Waitlist Available

Sponsor: Jeannette Mahoney

No Placebo Group

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?This trial tests a new iPhone app called CatchU, designed to help doctors assess and discuss fall risks with older adults. The app measures how well older adults can respond to visual and touch cues, which helps identify those at higher risk of falling. The goal is to prevent falls, promote independence, and improve quality of life for older adults.

Eligibility Criteria

The CatchU study is for English-speaking adults aged 65+ living in the New York Metropolitan area who can walk with or without aids like canes. They should be able to visit a clinic and not have severe medical conditions, dementia, major mobility issues due to musculoskeletal pain, progressive neurological diseases, severe sensory impairments, or any psychiatric symptoms that could interfere with the study.

Exclusion Criteria

I have been diagnosed with a progressive neurological disease like Parkinson's or ALS.

I was hospitalized for a severe illness or surgery affecting my mobility in the last 6 months.

My mobility is limited only because of joint issues or pain.

I have a condition that significantly affects my ability to focus.

Treatment Details

CatchU Intervention is being tested; it's an iPhone app designed to assess fall risk in older adults. The trial aims to show how well this app predicts falls by using it during clinical visits and follow-up telehealth calls. This pilot study will involve 300 patients over two years.

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: CatchU InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Placement into the intervention vs. control group is random, but dependent upon multisensory integration performance. VSI - (poor) integrators, will be randomly assigned into either the intervention or control group to test the beneficial effect of the CatchU intervention. Participants in the Intervention arm will be monitored every two months to determine falls history, but will also receive the CatchU intervention which consists of physicians relaying individualized recommendations from the CatchU physician report to the participant, as well as providing the participant with falls intervention referrals and falls counseling.

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Placement into the intervention vs. control group is random, but dependent upon multisensory integration performance. Meaning, older adults who are enrolled and screened with good integration abilities on the CatchU test (aka: VSI + (good) integrators), (VSI = visual-somatosensory integration) will not be placed in either the intervention or control group since better visual-somatosensory integration performance has been linked to better cognitive and motor outcomes. These participants will be included in examination of additional study aims not related to the intervention. VSI - (poor) integrators, will be randomly assigned into either the intervention or control group to test the beneficial effect of the CatchU intervention. Participants in the Control arm will be monitored every two months via telephone surveys to determine falls history, but will not receive the CatchU intervention.