NCT05178992Completed
Use of Socially Assistive Robots for Long Term Care Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment and Apathy
Impact of a Novel Socially Assistive Robotic Architecture on Engaging Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia in Long Term Care Settings
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The objective of this study is to demonstrate the impact of a socially assistive robot system on reducing apathy among cognitively impaired older adults residing in long term care facilities. Earlier phases of this project demonstrated the feasibility and acceptability of the robotic system. First, investigators will improve the social robotic interaction architecture through additional software development, enhance its versatility, and make it easy for non-experts to run. Second, 188 participants will be randomized to either usual activity programs at the long term care facility, or the usual activity programs plus the robotic activities. Researchers will examine the effect on apathy and also plan on examining underlying individual and facility factors that influence the impact of the robotic activities.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 142 (actual)
- First submitted
- 15 Dec 2021
- Start date
- 7 Feb 2023
- Primary completion date
- 31 Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT05178992
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 142
- From 7 Feb 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 Oct 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Severe cognitive impairment
Other
- Physically unable to participate
- Unable to provide assent
- Uncorrected vision or hearing
- Never spoke English
- Unable to sit comfortably in chair
- Acutely ill, terminally ill or unresponsive
- Unable to be moved to activity location
- Aggressive or combative
Who the study is looking for
- Residing \>3 months in long term care facility
- Evidence of mild cognitive impairment (SAGE score 15-16), mild dementia (SAGE score \<15, AD8\<2, DSRD\<19), or moderate dementia (SAGE \<15, AD8\>1, DSRD 19-36)
- Symptoms of apathy (Score 30+ on AES-C)
Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Unknown status |
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