NCT07280650Recruiting
Feasibility and Acceptability of an LLM-based Chatbot for Family Caregivers: Evaluation Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study evaluates the feasibility and acceptability of using the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot mobile application (an LLM-based Chatbot) to support the well-being of informal care partners of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), dementia, or Huntington disease (HD). Over an 8-week intervention period, up to 60 care partners will engage with the application (app), spending four weeks focusing on physical health and four weeks focusing on mental health. Participants will complete surveys at the midpoint and end of the intervention period. Participants will also complete a semi-structured interview to discuss participants experience using an LLM-based Chatbot. The study team hypothesizes that care partners will find the chatbot acceptable and feasible to use in daily life, and that there will be low attrition and high completion rates of the study.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 1 Dec 2025
- Start date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jun 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Diseases
- Huntington's disease
- NCT number
- NCT07280650
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 60
- From 2 Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2027
- 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
- Anyone not meeting inclusion criteria above
- Professional, paid caregivers
- Anyone at the discretion of the Principal investigator (PI) that would be a preclusion of safe or meaningful participation
- Anyone not meeting inclusion criteria
- Lives in a care facility (assisted living, nursing home) or is bedbound
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18 years or older
- Able to independently provide informed consent
- Able to read, speak, and understand English
- Have an Apple (iOS) smartphone, tablet, or laptop, have access to the internet and text messages, and be willing to use these resources for the study, including downloading and using the AI chatbot app (Earkick)
- Be caring for and adult with a medically documented diagnosis of TBI, dementia or Huntington disease (HD)
- Provide emotional, physical, and/or financial support/assistance to the individual with the TBI, dementia, or HD, indicating a response per protocol
- Indicate high levels of caregiver burden, confirmed using the 12-item Zarit Burden questionnaire (scores must be ≥20)
- Willing to complete all study assessments for the duration of their study participation
- Age 18 years or older
- Have a medically documented diagnosis of TBI, dementia or Huntington disease as noted per protocol
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ann Arbor | United States | Recruiting |
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