Trial Summary
What is the purpose of this trial?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 first test (pilot) study aims to answer are:
* With the data this pilot study will collect, how do we best measure how strong a relationship is between care partners who use WeCareToFeedDysphagia and reduced feelings of burden (effect size estimates)?
* Is it possible (feasible) to successfully repeat this study in a larger clinical trial with more research participants?
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.
Eligibility Criteria
This trial is for primary care partners, aged 18 or older, of patients 65+ with Alzheimer's and related dementias who have swallowing difficulties. Participants must speak English, be the patient's legal representative or designated by them, and have web access.Treatment Details
The study tests if a website tool called WeCareToFeedDysphagia can ease the burden on caregivers of dementia patients with swallowing issues. It compares caregivers using this tool to those without it while both receive expert contact info.
2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Enhanced Control + WeCareToFeedDysphagiaExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants receive usual care from their medical team and receive contact information for speech-language pathology follow-up care. Participants will also receive access to the WeCareToFeedDysphagia web tool and receive text message reminders to use the tool.
Group II: Enhanced ControlActive Control1 Intervention
Participants receive usual care from their medical team and receive contact information for speech-language pathology follow-up care.
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Feinstein Institutes for Medical ResearchManhasset, NY
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Who is running the clinical trial?
Northwell HealthLead Sponsor
National Institute on Aging (NIA)Collaborator