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SmartEnLite for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

SmartEnLite: A Smart Environmental Lighting Intervention to Improve Behaviors and Sleep for Nursing Home Residents Living With Dementia

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Smart Environmental Lighting (SmartEnLite) can help improve behaviors and sleep among residents with dementia in nursing homes. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What is the effect of SmartEnLite on mood and behaviors? * What is the effect of SmartEnLite on sleep? * Would the effect of SmartEnLite on sleep affect its effect on mood and behaviors? Researchers will compare the SmartEnLite to the usual light in nursing homes to see if the SmartEnLite works to improve behaviors and sleep in nursing home residents with dementia. Participants will: * Participate in the study for 13 weeks with SmartEnLite for 4 weeks and their usual light. * Wear a sensor for 13 weeks to measure their sleep and light exposure. * Be observed for mood, behaviors, and reactions to the lights every other week.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
300 (estimated)
First submitted
6 Oct 2026
Start date
1 Dec 2026
Primary completion date
28 Feb 2031
Lead sponsor
Penn State University
NCT number
NCT07883291

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 300
  • From 1 Dec 2026 to the primary completion date, 28 Feb 2031
  • 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

  • Major mental illness
  • Severe vision impairment
  • Severe acute or terminal illness

Who the study is looking for

  • Age≥55
  • English speaking
  • Nursing home residency≥ 4 weeks
  • Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia
  • Presence of agitation, depression, and/or apathy.

Age in the registry: 55 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Pennsylvania State University
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University ParkUnited StatesUnknown status

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