Dignity in design: new garment aims to ease dementia incontinence care
NCT ID NCT05649839
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a specially designed garment for elderly dementia patients who have incontinence and often remove their protective pads. The goal is to see if a more dignified, comfortable garment can improve satisfaction for patients and caregivers. Forty participants will be randomly assigned to wear the new garment or standard care, and their satisfaction will be measured.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- specially designed garment
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a more dignified and effective way to manage incontinence in dementia patients, reducing the need for restraints or sedatives.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 40 participants, and the garment may not be acceptable to all patients or caregivers. The main outcome is satisfaction, not clinical improvement.
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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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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jan 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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18 years and older
- 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: * Patients hospitalized in a cognitive-behavioral unit or long-term care or residents of the EHPAD at the St-Victor center - CHU Amiens-Picardie, * patients with behavioral and sphincter disorders justifying the prescription of a romper. * signature of a consent exclusion criteria Exclusion Criteria: * No next of kin * Patients in terminal palliative care * Patients whose morphology does not allow the use of prototypes (no adapted size)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Amiens
Amiens, Picardie, 80000, France
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