New video program aims to ease the burden on FTD family caregivers
NCT ID NCT06613204
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a video-based program called STELLA-FTD that helps family members caring for a loved one with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The program teaches caregivers how to manage difficult behaviors and connect with community resources. Researchers will enroll 640 caregivers across the U.S. to see if the program reduces stress and improves confidence in handling daily challenges.
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Study facts
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- 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 640 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: Family Care Partner * Adult caring for family member with FTD. * Provides 4 or more hours of care/week. Does not have to reside with. * Identifies at least 2 moderately upsetting behaviors in the person with FTD. * Speaks and understands English to be able to participate in intervention. * Owns a telephone (smartphone, cell phone or landline). * Has email and mailing address to receive computer, study materials and surveys. * Provides informed consent to participate in the research. * Lives in the US Inclusion Criteria: Person with FTD * Diagnosis of FTD * Family member of a Care Partner (this can be a relative, spouse, or close kin that is considered family). * Lives in US Exclusion Criteria: Person with FTD * No Frontotemporal Degeneration diagnosis. * Unable to leave Care Partner during STELLA-FTD sessions. * Enrolled in hospice. Exclusion Criteria: Family Care Partner * Unable to find activity for Care Recipient during STELLA-FTD sessions to allow Care Partner to work privately with Guide and other Care Partners. * Hearing and/or vision problems severe enough to prevent participation. * Refuses to be video-recorded during STELLA-FTD sessions. * Unwilling or unable to adequately follow study instructions and participate in study procedures.
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Conditions
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Locations
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Oregon Health & Science University
RECRUITINGPortland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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