NCT05461495 · ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
NYUCI-ES: Psychosocial Intervention to Improve Health Outcomes for Chinese and Korean ADRD Caregivers
This study is testing a culturally adapted counseling and peer support program for Chinese and Korean American family caregivers of people with dementia. Caregivers are randomly assigned to receive structured counseling plus online peer support through apps like WeChat or KakaoTalk, or to a control group. Researchers measure whether the program reduces depression, stress, and physical health risks like high blood sugar and cholesterol over 12 months. This is a Phase NA behavioral trial — it tests real-world program effectiveness, not a drug.
You may qualify if
- A spouse or other family caregiver of Chinese or Korean ancestry living in New York City or Bergen County New Jersey, who is willing to participate in the study (additional family members can be included in family counseling sessions if the CG is assigned to the treatment group)
- at least 50 years of age
- self-identified as a primary caregiver
- have access to Internet and phone with SMS and voice messaging
- no plans to move for 12 months
- able to read English, Chinese, or Korean
- capable of completing informed consent
- meet specific cardiometabolic and depressive symptom criteria: Cardiometabolic syndrome: It will not be required to submit objective measurement of cardiometabolic disorder, self-reported medical conditions will be accepted for enrollment. Diabetes: self-reported OR A1C >= 5.7% OR High Cholesterol: self-reported OR low-density lipoprotein (LDL) > 130 mg/dL or total cholesterol > 200 mg/dL (American Heart Association 2018) OR Hypertension: self-reported OR systolic blood pressure (SBP) >= 130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) >= 80mmHg (2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guideline) OR Body Mass Index > 23 kg/m2 by self-reported or measured height and weight (WHO expert consultation regarding Asian cut-off) OR other related metabolic syndrome, such as euthyroid hypothyroxinemia
- care recipient regularly has trouble remembering recent events, repeat the same question over and over, or lose or misplace things
You're excluded if
- current alcoholic or substance abuse; and history of psychiatric diagnoses requiring hospitalization during the past 5 years
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2026-06-03