NCT05846984Active, not recruiting
Learning Skills Together Family Caregiver Complex Intervention
Learning Skills Together: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Complex Care Skills Intervention to Improve AD/ADRD Caregiver Self-Efficacy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Learning Skills Together (LST) is a 6-week psychoeducational intervention focused on complex care (nursing) tasks completed by family caregivers to persons living with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. This study aims to test the efficacy of LST at reducing caregiver depression and negative appraisal of behavioral symptoms of dementia by building caregiver self-efficacy. To do this, eligible participants will be randomized into an intervention group (LST) or a control group condition focused on healthy living for family caregivers. Participants will be asked to complete surveys before and after participating in the intervention or the control condition to determine whether change in hypothesized outcomes can be attributed to the intervention condition.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 216 (actual)
- First submitted
- 1 Apr 2023
- Start date
- 30 Jan 2024
- Primary completion date
- 20 Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT05846984
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 216
- From 30 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 20 Dec 2026
- 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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Prior treatment
- Was diagnosed with depression and/or started or significantly altered their depression treatment, including starting a pharmacological therapy or beginning therapy, in the previous 3 months
Other
- Unable to read and speak English
- Participated in Learning Skills Together in the past
- Plans to place the care recipient in a skilled nursing facility within the next 9 months (i.e., study duration)
Who the study is looking for
- Is aged 18 years or older
- Be a family member, including "families of choice," to an individual living with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia who has received a diagnosis from a physician
- Provide assistance with at least two instrumental activities of daily living or one activity of daily living
- Report a Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) rating for care recipients between 4 to 6
- Commit to attending at least 5 of the 6 discussion sessions
- Has reliable access to the internet and email and be able to attend synchronous sessions using the Zoom videoconferencing platform
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Western Reserve University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Unknown status |
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