NCT07259499 · RECRUITING
Predictors of Emergency Department Use in Frail Patients
This study is testing whether a blood marker called phosphorylated tau 181, along with signs of blood vessel damage in the brain seen on imaging, can predict which frail elderly patients are likely to end up back in the emergency department within six months. It is an observational study, not a drug trial, meaning researchers are watching and measuring rather than treating. Details on phase are not specified.
You may qualify if
- fluency in Italian language,
- age higher than 64 years,
- loss of autonomies of daily living as assessed by the Katz Activities of Daily Living or in the Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living questionnaires,
- having performed routinary blood exams in the 6 months prior to recruitment
- having performed head neuroimaging feasable for cerebrovascular burden assessment, i.e., Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT), in the 6 months prior to recruitment.
You're excluded if
- withdrawal of the informed consent
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 2025-12-02