Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D)
ConditionDementia
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
About this trial
This study will evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the novel Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D) intervention for couples following dementia diagnoses. The primary target is emotional distress, and the program aims to prevent chronic distress in at-risk couples.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Recent (~3 month) chart documented ADRD diagnosis,
ADRD symptom onset after age 65
Cognitive assessment scores and symptoms consistent with early stage dementia, as determined by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale scores of .5 or 1.0
Cognitive awareness of their problems (as determined by the treating neurologist), and ability to understand study and research protocol, as determined by a standardized teach-back method assessment
Disqualifiers
Patient is deemed inappropriate by the neurology team
Either partner has a co-occurring terminal illness
Patient was diagnosed with forms of dementia with clinical profiles that would preclude participation (e.g., Frontotemporal Dementia- behavioral variant), as determined by treatment team.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Resilient Together for Dementia
- MEUC
Treatment groups
24 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov