Support Via Technology: Living and Learning With Advancing Dementia-REVISED

Part of paid clinical trials in Portland, Oregon.

Sponsor
Oregon Health and Science University
Study ID
NCT06460012
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Caregiver Burden

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • STELLA-R Curriculum — BEHAVIORAL
    The STELLA-R curriculum is presented utilizing the ABC analytic approach to address care recipient's distressing behaviors. Using the scaffold of the ABC pyramid, they will receive video instructions on how to fully define the Behaviors they want to address by observing, describing, and writing about them. The care partners will learn to identify the Activators, the triggers for the behaviors. Next, care partners will learn to consider what happens after the behaviors, the Consequences. This is an 8-week self-directed, online weekly curriculum.
  • Unrestricted Access — BEHAVIORAL
    Following the STELLA-R curriculum, care partners will receive 8 weeks of unrestricted access to all lessons and resources.
  • Limited Access — BEHAVIORAL
    Experimental and Waitlist Control group will experience 8 consecutive weeks of limited access to the STELLA-R website and resources. Waitlist Control will experience this from Week 1 to Week 8 while the Experimental Group will reach this phase from Week 17 to Week 24.

Study Details

STELLA-R is a multicomponent, self-directed, online intervention designed to facilitate effective management of behavioral and psychological symptoms that are common in many types of dementia. The curriculum instructs care partners to use the ABC approach, a cognitive behavioral technique that teaches care partners to describe a Behavior, then consider the Activators and Consequences of a care recipient behavior. The goal of this intervention is to reduce care partner burden and decrease reactivity to upsetting behaviors.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 2, 2024
Status verified
Oct 2025
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2026
Completion
Dec 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
238 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: Experimental Group
    Care partners start the STELLA-R Curriculum immediately after enrollment.
  • Active Comparator: Waitlist Control Group
    Care partners start the STELLA-R Curriculum 8 weeks after enrollment.

Primary Outcome Measure

Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist (RMBPC) [ Time Frame: Week 1, Week 8, Week 16, Week 24 ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Oregon Health & Science University, Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterPortlandOregon97239
Allison Lindauer, PhD
[email protected]
503-494-6976
Allison Lindauer, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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