Can a home therapy program stop repeat falls in dementia patients?

NCT ID NCT06237218

Symptom relief Sponsor: University Hospital, Limoges Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests a program called COTID, where an occupational therapist visits the homes of older adults with dementia who have recently been hospitalized for a fall. The therapist helps make the home safer and trains the caregiver to support the patient. The goal is to see if this reduces the chance of another fall or rehospitalization over the next year. The study involves 76 participants aged 75 and older, along with their caregivers.

What this could mean

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

Active substance: COTID program (behavioral intervention: home-based occupational therapy with caregiver support)
What this could lead to: If it works, this program could help older adults with dementia avoid repeat falls and stay safely at home longer.
What could go wrong: This is a small, early-stage study with only 76 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The program requires a dedicated caregiver, which may limit its use.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 76 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jul 2024

Expected to finish

Mar 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

75 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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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: * Male or female, at least 75 years old * Living at home (excluding nursing home or long-term care facilities) * Hospitalized for fall * Presenting major mild to moderate dementia (MMSE \> 16) * Accompanied by a caregiver with sufficient presence to meet study procedures: at investigator's discretion at the investigator's discretion * Having given free, informed and written consent signed by the patient * Whose caregiver has given free, informed consent written and signed by him/herself * Affiliated or beneficiary of social security Exclusion Criteria: * With serious, life-threatening pathology(ies) or in palliative care * Participating in an educational fall program on the theme of falls, run by an occupational therapist by an occupational therapist * Receiving regular occupational therapy treatment on the day of inclusion (day care daily hospitalization) * Participating in a clinical research protocol have an impact on the occurrence of a fall (at the investigator's discretion) * Not matching with the fall definition from Kellogg's definition of a fall (loss of consciousness, sudden onset of paralysis paralysis or epileptic seizure) * Presenting a very significant post-fall syndrome: score of 4/4 on the "Get-up early" questionnaire * unable to read or write * Participant under legal guardianship (curator, guardian, legal protector) * Dementia with rapid neurocognitive degeneration degeneration with frontal and language impairment (at the investigator's discretion).

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

dementia nervous system disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Nervous system diseases

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Can a home therapy program stop repeat falls in dementia patients?

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