Can a smartphone app ease the burden of Alzheimer's caregiving?
NCT ID NCT05733520
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a mobile app called Brain CareNotes can reduce stress for unpaid caregivers of people with Alzheimer's or related dementias. The app offers coaching and tips for managing difficult behaviors like agitation or wandering. Over 12 months, 184 caregivers will use either the full app or a basic education-only app. Researchers will measure changes in caregiver distress and patient symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Brain CareNotes mobile app
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give caregivers a practical tool to reduce their stress and improve the daily life of people with Alzheimer's.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial testing a behavioral intervention, not a drug. The app may not reduce caregiver burden or patient symptoms significantly.
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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 184 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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.
Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * Self-identified primary unpaid caregiver of a person diagnosed with ADRD (at any stage) who are: * Receiving primary care and * Community-dwelling; * English literate; * Age ≥ 18 years Caregiver Exclusion Criteria: * Care recipient is a permanent resident of an extended care facility (nursing home); * Involvement in another clinical trial that would prevent or interfere with study objectives; * Sensory or other impairment prohibiting the use of a mobile touchscreen device or other study activity (after correction)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Community Health Network
RECRUITINGIndianapolis, Indiana, 46203, United States
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IU Health
RECRUITINGIndianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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