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REspectful CAring for the AGitated Elderly

Conditions
Dementia
Interventions
Other: SCU-B
Registration Number
NCT03507504
Lead Sponsor
Fondazione Europea di Ricerca Biomedica Ferb Onlus
Brief Summary

The treatment of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) continue to raise difficult problems. Both the pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies often fail to achieve the expected results. The aim of this study is to assess the short- and long-term efficacy of an intervention, the Special Care Unit for patients with BPSD (SCU-B), already implemented in some countries but not validated so far, as well as its cost-effectiveness

Detailed Description

Two cohorts of 250 patients each will be recruited by six clinical centres endowed with a SCU-B (one cohort) and six centres lacking this structure. The follow-up will last 3 years, during which patients will be visited every 6 months and submitted to a battery exploring the severity of the BPSD and the quality of life. All adverse events will be registered, as well as some anticipated occurrences (admissions to the general hospital for intercurrent diseases, admissions to a SCU-B pertaining to the clinical participating centre and, if any, admissions to a SCU-B not pertaining to the Consortium member, nursing home placement).

At the same time the quality of life of the primary caregivers will be measured, as well as their attitude toward dementia.

A cost-effectiveness analysis will be performed comparing the cohorts. Finally the time to the nursing home placement will be recorded and compared between the two cohorts

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
500
Inclusion Criteria
  • diagnosis of primary dementia (DSM IV)
  • MMSE score ≤ 24
  • NPI global score ≥ 32/144
  • a caregiver (informal/family member or formal caregiver) who commits her/himself to accompany the patient along the three-year course of the study
  • living at home (nursing home residents are excluded).
Exclusion Criteria
  • presence of uncontrolled medical disease potentially contributing to the cognitive decline and BPSD
  • concomitant psychiatric disorders or chronic alcoholism
  • concomitant diseases severe enough to reduce life expectancy < 6 months

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
care pathway with SCU-BSCU-B250 patients with dementia and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) followed up by six clinical centres with a Special Care Unit for BPSD (SCU-B)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change of BPSDbaseline, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 months

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), range 0-144

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
quality of life of patientsbaseline, 6, 12,18, 24, 30, 36 months

Quality of Life Alzheimer's Disease (QoL-AD), range 0-52

quality of life of caregiversbaseline, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 months

Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI), range 0-96

cost-effectiveness of SCU-Bbaseline, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 months

Resource Utilisation in Dementia (RUD)

Trial Locations

Locations (12)

Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit

🇩🇪

Mannheim, Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire St Pierre

🇧🇪

Bruxelles, Belgium

Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (Greece)

🇬🇷

Thessaloníki, Greece

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Mantova

🇮🇹

Mantova, MN, Italy

Fondazione Europea di Ricerca Biomedica

🇮🇹

Gazzaniga, BG, Italy

Cliniche Gavazzeni SpA

🇮🇹

Bergamo, BG, Italy

Università degli Studi di Perugia

🇮🇹

Perugia, PG, Italy

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Modena

🇮🇹

Modena, MO, Italy

Sykehuset Innlandet

🇳🇴

Ottestad, Norway

Université de Genève

🇨🇭

Genève, Switzerland

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