NCT07096960 · RECRUITING
Implementation of the START Intervention in Brazil: a Controlled Feasibility Trial
This trial is testing a Brazilian version of a structured program called START, which teaches coping strategies to family caregivers of people with dementia. Researchers want to know whether it is feasible and acceptable to deliver this program through community health workers across 10 Brazilian municipalities. It is a feasibility trial, meaning the goal right now is to see whether the program can be rolled out reliably, not yet to prove it works definitively.
You may qualify if
- Informal caregivers (≥18 years old) who are the primary or one of the primary persons responsible for caring for a family member with dementia, providing regular and sustained emotional or practical support every week, and living in the same household or nearby with frequent face-to-face interaction.
- Care recipient (person with dementia) with Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) score ≥1.
- Care recipient with at least one ICD-10 dementia diagnosis code documented in their medical record.
You're excluded if
- Illiterate caregivers.
- Caregivers who provide only occasional or sporadic support (less than weekly or without regular caregiving responsibility).
- Care recipients who are institutionalized (e.g., living in long-term care facilities).
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 2025-07-31