Nursing home lockdowns: Life-Saver or silent threat?
NCT ID NCT04740658
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study examined whether strict COVID-19 rules in nursing homes (like banning visitors and confining residents) saved lives or caused harm. Researchers tracked over 12,000 residents for one year, comparing death rates in homes that followed guidelines closely versus those that did not. The goal was to understand if these measures reduced COVID deaths but increased deaths from other causes due to isolation.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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12,166 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2021
- Finished
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Mar 2022
- 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.
Who is studied
NH volunteers located in different regions more or less affected by the epidemic and NH coordinating physician/directors of NHs via the SFGG website, directors of large private groups (Korian, Orpea, Edenis, DOMUS-vi ..) or public groups (APHP), regional (FMC Gériatres 31) and national (FFAMCO) NH coordinating physician associations (FFAMCO, MCOOR), the referents geriatricians of large cities that have been particularly exposed to the epidemic (Mulhouse, Strasbourg, Paris) or particularly least exposed (Bordeaux, Brest).
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Within each NH, all NH residents living in the NH the 1st of January 2020 will be included. Exclusion Criteria: * NHs or Long Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) that refuse to participate. * NHs that are not voluntary or not located in the regions and NHs that do not have a coordinating doctor . * Within each NH, all NH residents not living in the NH or LTCFs the 1st of January 2020 will be not be included.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital Toulouse - Gérontopôle
Toulouse, 31059, France
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