Caregiver as Navigator: Develop Skills Online (CAN-DO)

NCT ID: NCT06177990

Last Updated: 2026-01-12

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

270 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-12-26

Study Completion Date

2028-03-31

Brief Summary

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This study is designed to learn more about ways to promote caregiver mastery online. 270 dementia family caregivers will be enrolled and randomized to take the CAN-DO online course immediately or after a waiting period. They will participate in interviews before and after the course; total time of study participation is 6 months.

Detailed Description

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Family members and friends are the core of the uncoordinated system of care that tenuously maintains persons living with dementia in their community settings and delays their placement into more costly settings of institutional care, providing more contributed and out of pocket care support than Medicare and Medicaid combined.

The CAN-DO program fills a significant gap in caregiver psychoeducation programming by focusing not principally on day-to-day care management but on the many substantial system navigation tasks that caregivers assume. Supported by preliminary efficacy data, CAN-DO will employ state-of-the art asynchronous interactive learning methods to enhance caregivers' mastery of skills and confidence to navigate healthcare and other (legal, financial, social service, and family) systems that are crucial to the continued community living of persons affected with dementia illnesses.

This study will enroll 270 dementia family caregivers who will be randomized to take the CAN-DO course immediately or after a waiting period. They will participate in interviews before and after the course; total time of study participation is 6 months.

Conditions

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Dementia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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CAN-DO Immediate program group

Each participant will be engaged in a baseline interview. Subsequently, each will be asked to take part in follow-up interviews at points 2, 4, 6, and 8 months following the launch of their cohort.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Caregiver as Navigator: Develop Skills Online (CAN-DO) program

Intervention Type OTHER

Online, asynchronous psychoeducation program for dementia family caregivers. The program is meant to enhance caregivers' knowledge and skills for navigating healthcare, financial, legal, and family systems.

The program has three main sections.

* The first section provides information and how to prepare for using the healthcare system and community-based services in dementia care and support.
* The second provides information about how to be more effective when using the financial and legal system either for yourself or your person.
* The third section of the course provides information about ways to manage and navigate family dynamics present in various caregiving scenarios more effectively.

Attention Control program group

Participants will receive an online course about "Healthy Living" for the first 4 months after randomization.

After the Attention Control participants complete their 4-month interview, they will be invited to participate in the CAN-DO program.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Caregiver as Navigator: Develop Skills Online (CAN-DO) program

Intervention Type OTHER

Online, asynchronous psychoeducation program for dementia family caregivers. The program is meant to enhance caregivers' knowledge and skills for navigating healthcare, financial, legal, and family systems.

The program has three main sections.

* The first section provides information and how to prepare for using the healthcare system and community-based services in dementia care and support.
* The second provides information about how to be more effective when using the financial and legal system either for yourself or your person.
* The third section of the course provides information about ways to manage and navigate family dynamics present in various caregiving scenarios more effectively.

Healthy Living online course

Intervention Type OTHER

Online program for dementia family caregivers about "Healthy Living" for the first 4 months post-randomization.

Usual care group

Participants randomized to the Usual care group will not receive intervention from the study but after they complete their 4-month interview, they will be invited to participate in the CAN-DO program.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Caregiver as Navigator: Develop Skills Online (CAN-DO) program

Intervention Type OTHER

Online, asynchronous psychoeducation program for dementia family caregivers. The program is meant to enhance caregivers' knowledge and skills for navigating healthcare, financial, legal, and family systems.

The program has three main sections.

* The first section provides information and how to prepare for using the healthcare system and community-based services in dementia care and support.
* The second provides information about how to be more effective when using the financial and legal system either for yourself or your person.
* The third section of the course provides information about ways to manage and navigate family dynamics present in various caregiving scenarios more effectively.

Interventions

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Caregiver as Navigator: Develop Skills Online (CAN-DO) program

Online, asynchronous psychoeducation program for dementia family caregivers. The program is meant to enhance caregivers' knowledge and skills for navigating healthcare, financial, legal, and family systems.

The program has three main sections.

* The first section provides information and how to prepare for using the healthcare system and community-based services in dementia care and support.
* The second provides information about how to be more effective when using the financial and legal system either for yourself or your person.
* The third section of the course provides information about ways to manage and navigate family dynamics present in various caregiving scenarios more effectively.

Intervention Type OTHER

Healthy Living online course

Online program for dementia family caregivers about "Healthy Living" for the first 4 months post-randomization.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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CAN-DO

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Family member or friend providing at least 4 hours per week of informal care for a community-dwelling person living with ADRD
* 18 years or older
* Has internet access
* Does not have to co-reside with the individual
* Understands, speaks, and reads English

Exclusion Criteria

* Family caregiver plans to move care recipient to an institutional setting within the next six months
* Care recipient currently enrolled in hospice
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Emory University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Carolyn Clevenger

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Carolyn Clevenger, RN, DNP

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Emory University

Locations

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Emory Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiving Mastery

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Carolyn Clevenger, RN, DNP

Role: CONTACT

404-712-2394

Mia Chester

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Mia Chester

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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1R01AG082833-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

STUDY00006261

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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