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STELLA-FTD: Examination of a Behavior Change Intervention for FTD Family Care Partners

Launched by OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · Sep 23, 2024

Trial Information

Current as of October 03, 2024

Not yet recruiting

Keywords

Behavioral Intervention Ftd

Description

The study will enroll a total sample of up to 640 participants: 320 family care partners and their 320 care Recipients with FTD. For our study "family Care Partner" includes any person who is considered "family" to the person with FTD, such as direct relations, fictive kin, close friends and neighbors. "Care Recipient" is defined as an individual with an FTD diagnosis noted by the AFTD: bv-FTD, PPA, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD), or ALS with FTD. Care Recipients with FTD will not participate in intervention but will be consented (and thus enrolled) be...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria: Family Care Partner
  • * Adult caring for family member with FTD.
  • * Provides 4 or more hours of care/week. Does not have to reside with.
  • * Identifies at least 2 moderately upsetting behaviors in the person with FTD.
  • * Speaks and understands English to be able to participate in intervention.
  • * Owns a telephone (smartphone, cell phone or landline).
  • * Has email and mailing address to receive computer, study materials and surveys.
  • * Provides informed consent to participate in the research.
  • * Lives in the US
  • Inclusion Criteria: Person with FTD
  • * Diagnosis of FTD
  • * Family member of a Care Partner (this can be a relative, spouse, or close kin that is considered family).
  • * Lives in US
  • Exclusion Criteria: Person with FTD
  • * No Frontotemporal Degeneration diagnosis.
  • * Unable to leave Care Partner during STELLA-FTD sessions.
  • * Enrolled in hospice.
  • Exclusion Criteria: Family Care Partner
  • * Unable to find activity for Care Recipient during STELLA-FTD sessions to allow Care Partner to work privately with Guide and other Care Partners.
  • * Hearing and/or vision problems severe enough to prevent participation.
  • * Refuses to be video-recorded during STELLA-FTD sessions.
  • * Unwilling or unable to adequately follow study instructions and participate in study procedures.

About Sponsor

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

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