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Pain With Dementia

Caregiver-assisted Pain Coping Skills Training for Dementia Pilot Study

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of the study is to develop a caregiver-assisted pain coping skills training program for older adults who have pain and mild to moderate dementia and are living at home with a family caregiver. The investigators are planning to recruit 30 patient-caregiver dyads (60 individuals).

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
First submitted
10 Feb 2025
Start date
13 Aug 2025
Primary completion date
1 Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
Duke University
NCT number
NCT06854718

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 60
  • From 13 Aug 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 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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Other

  • Patient and caregivers
  • Lacking capacity for interview or unable to provide informed consent/assent.
  • Visual or hearing impairments or severe behavioral problems that preclude participation.
  • Too sick to participate.

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients:
  • Mild or moderate dementia
  • Pain on most days for at least 3 months that interferes with function
  • Living at home (non-institutional)
  • Age ≥ 50
  • English Speaking
    • Caregivers:
  • Provides on average at least 4 hours/day of care/assistance to the patient
  • Age ≥ 18
  • English Speaking

Age in the registry: 50 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Duke University Medical Center
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DurhamUnited StatesRecruiting

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