New app aims to ease burden for dementia caregivers

NCT ID NCT07251088

Not yet recruiting Symptom relief Sponsor: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests a program where specially trained nurses work with families caring for a person with dementia. The nurses help identify and address unmet needs, and a mobile app gives caregivers direct access to experts and memory clinics. The goal is to see if this support helps keep the person with dementia at home longer and reduces the caregiver's stress and burden. The trial will involve 554 families across multiple centers in Germany.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: dyadic care management with mobile health app
What this could lead to: If successful, this could provide a practical, scalable way to help families keep loved ones with dementia at home longer and reduce caregiver stress.
What could go wrong: This is a relatively early-stage trial (not yet recruiting) and relies on caregiver engagement with the app, which may vary. The intervention is complex and may not work for all families.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

dementia

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

DEMENTIA INFORMAL CAREGIVER NURSE CARE COORDINATION

Contacts and locations

Locations

AGAPLESION Elisabethenstift

Darmstadt, Hesse, 64287, Germany
AOK Niedersachsen

Hanover, Lower Sachsony, 30173, Germany
DZNE

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 17487, Germany
Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie Reutlingen mbh

Reutlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 72764, Germany
IKK gesund plus

Magdeburg, Saxony, 39124, Germany
Institut für Technik der Informationsverarbeitung

Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, 76131, Germany
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

Magdeburg, Saxony, 39120, Germany
Universität Konstanz

Konstanz, Baden-Wurttemberg, 78464, Germany
Universität zu Köln

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 50937, Germany
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 17475, Germany
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen

Göttingen, Lower Saxony, 37075, Germany
Universitätsmedizin Rostock

Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 18057, Germany

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