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Memory Aid for Informed Consent in Alzheimer's Research
This study has been completed.
Sponsored by: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Information provided by: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00105612
  Purpose

The purpose of this trial is to test whether a memory and organizational aid in the form of a document that summarizes and simplifies a study's key points can improve the decision-making abilities and competency of mild to early moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients.


Condition Intervention
Alzheimer's Disease
Aging
Device: Memory and Organizational Aid
Behavioral: Standard Informed Consent Process

Genetics Home Reference related topics: Alzheimer disease
MedlinePlus related topics: Alzheimer's Disease Memory
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Randomized, Efficacy Study
Official Title: Improving Informed Consent in Alzheimer's Disease Research

Further study details as provided by National Institute on Aging (NIA):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • MacArthur Competency Assessment Tool for Clinical Research (MacCAT-CR) to quantify decision making abilities

Estimated Enrollment: 110
Study Start Date: September 2004
Study Completion Date: March 2007
Primary Completion Date: March 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Device: Memory and Organizational Aid Behavioral: Standard Informed Consent Process
    The informed consent protocol for a hypothetical early-phase drug trial will be administered by a trained interviewer in the patient's home
Detailed Description:

Studies of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients reveal substantial variation in their ability to participate in an informed consent process. No published data show techniques that help an AD patient to participate in an informed consent. This research will address this issue by performing a randomized trial to test whether a memory and organizational aid can improve the decision-making abilities and competency of AD patients.

This study will recruit 80 patients with mild to early moderate AD, and 30 non-demented elderly persons. The informed consent protocol for a hypothetical early-phase drug trial will be administered by a trained interviewer in the patient's home. The AD patients will be randomized to receive either the standard informed consent process or the intervention of the standard informed consent process plus the memory and organizational aid. All non-demented elderly individuals will receive the standard informed consent process. The interviewer will administer the protocol to participants and ask questions that will assess participant capacity to understand, appreciate, reason, and make a choice concerning enrollment in the hypothetical study.

  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Live within one hour drive of the University of Pennsylvania's Memory Disorders Clinic
  • Education equivalent to 6th grade level
  • Corrected visual acuity of at least 20/70
  • Speak English
  • Diagnosed with possible or probable AD, or non-demented
  • MMSE (Mini Mental State Exam) >= 18
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00105612

Locations
United States, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania, Memory Disorders Clinic
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
Sponsors and Collaborators
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jason Karlawish, MD University of Pennsylvania Institute on Aging
  More Information

Publications:
Study ID Numbers: IA0070, 1R01AG020627-01A2
Study First Received: March 15, 2005
Last Updated: June 24, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00105612  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institute on Aging (NIA):
Informed Consent
Memory Aid

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Alzheimer Disease
Central Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Brain Diseases
Dementia
Cognition Disorders
Delirium

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Nervous System Diseases
Tauopathies

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 30, 2009