New tool aims to ease tough feeding choices for dementia caregivers
NCT ID NCT07370311
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a culturally adapted decision aid for Chinese American family caregivers of people with moderate to advanced dementia who face feeding difficulties. The tool, called CMCFODA, provides information on tube feeding versus hand feeding and includes personalized coaching. Researchers will measure whether it reduces caregiver decision conflict and improves knowledge about feeding options.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Chinese version of Making Choices Feeding Options for Patients with Dementia Decision Aid (CMCFODA)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this decision aid could help Chinese American caregivers make more informed, less stressful feeding choices for loved ones with advanced dementia.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is educational, not a medical treatment, so it cannot change the underlying disease.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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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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: * Age 21 years and older * Self-identify as Chinese * Providing caregiving or involvement in end-of-life care decision-making for older Chinese adults with: a) moderate or advanced dementia, b) feeding difficulties, and c) poor oral intake, eating/swallowing problems, or weight loss Exclusion Criteria: * Dementia patients are a) receiving tube feeding, b) enrolled in hospice care, or 3) have a documented preference against a feeding tube
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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School of Nursing at UT Austin
RECRUITINGAustin, Texas, 78712, United States
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