Can a new care approach keep frail seniors out of the hospital?
NCT ID NCT05651659
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a personalized care model called TIME for frail older adults receiving home care. The goal is to prevent health crises and avoid emergency hospital visits. Researchers will compare outcomes between those receiving the new model and those receiving standard care, involving 150 participants.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria for patients: 1. in need of home care services 2. a score ≥5 on the Clinical Frailty Scale (indicating mild to severe frailty) 3. perceived by the home care service as being in an unstable situation with a high risk for acute institutionalisation or showing resistance to care. Exclusion Criteria for patients: \- expected short life expectancy (i.e., \<4 weeks). Inclusion criteria for next of kin (for RQ3): 1. being next of kin of a user of home care services who meets the above mentioned inclusion criteria 2. regular contact with the patient (i.e., at least once a week).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sykehuset Innlandet
Ottestad, Norway, Norway
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