Touchscreen device aims to give voice to dementia patients
NCT ID NCT04571502
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a personalized touchscreen device (My PATI) to help people with Alzheimer's or related dementias communicate their care preferences. The goal was to improve quality of life for both patients and their caregivers. The study was terminated early, so results are limited.
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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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42 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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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21 to 99 years
- 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 Caregivers: * Regular access to the internet (via computer or smartphone) and telephone * 21 years-old or older * Providing caregiving activities (Activities of Daily Living and/or Instrumental Activities of Daily Living) for an average of 2 hours or more per day of direct assistance or supervision for a person with ADRD * Speak and understand English or Spanish. Care Recipient: * 60 years or older * Speak and understand English or Spanish * Have an established diagnosis of a Neurocognitive Disorder (Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body dementia or Parkinson's disease dementia) * Receive a score on the Mini Mental Status Exam of less than 24 * Be able to complete the eligibility vision screen. Healthcare Providers: \* Provide ongoing healthcare and support services to PWD and their families. Exclusion Criteria Caregivers: * Provide care to a PWD living in an assisted living facility or nursing home * Plan for the PWD to be placed in a long-term care facility during the study period * Plan to end their role as caregiver within 6 months of study enrollment * Have their own major medical conditions affecting independent functioning (e.g. illness or disability) or cognitive impairment * Do not speak and read English or Spanish * Have known active suicidal ideation Care Recipients: * Significant visual or hearing impairment (with supports) * Known active suicidal ideation * Schizophrenia diagnosis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Miami Jewish Health
Miami, Florida, 33137, United States
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UAB Alzheimer's Risk Assessment and Intervention Clinic
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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