NCT06963970Not yet recruiting
Using Community Health Workers to Support Rural Care Partners of Seriously Ill Older Veterans
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The investigators aim to support care partner's well-being and satisfaction with VA care and decrease their work burden by offering extra support from a trained Community Health Worker who will help connect the care partner to helpful resources in their communities and in the VA. The investigators also hope to help Veterans well-being and satisfaction with VA care by supporting their care partner more sufficiently allowing the care partner to focus on caregiving tasks.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 480 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 1 May 2025
- Start date
- 2 Nov 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Dec 2028
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- NCT number
- NCT06963970
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 480
- From 2 Nov 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Dec 2028
- 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
- Care partner Exclusion Criteria
- -Enrolled in Caregiver Support Program (CSP)
- Veteran Exclusion Criteria
- Flag or social work note indicating suspected Caregiver abuse
- Unable to communicate in English by phone for assessments
Who the study is looking for
- Care Partner Inclusion Criteria
- A relative, friend, or partner (18 years of age) with whom Veteran patient has a personal relationship who assists Veteran regularly with care and/or care coordination as defined under "Veterans" below
- Can live with or separately from the Veteran; able to communicate in English by phone
- Veteran Inclusion Criteria Receiving VA care at HSA 2.1 (North Carolina and Virginia) (at least 2 encounters in past year, has a PACT/primary care provider)
- Residing in a rural area based on RUCA Rural Urban Commuting Codes
- Diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, cancer, dementia, or End-Stage Renal Disease.
- Requires assistance with at least one activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)
- 65 years old or older and able to communicate in English by phone (for assessments)
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Unknown status |
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