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title: Improve access to specialist care
nct_id: NCT05014971
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: University of Florida
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
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# Improve access to specialist care

**Goal (in five words):** Improve access to specialist care

**Official Title:** Multi-Stakeholder Engagement for Interdisciplinary Telehealth in Lewy Body Dementia

**Trial ID:** [NCT05014971](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05014971)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** University of Florida
- **Target Enrollment:** 106 participants
- **Start Date:** 2022-02-28
- **Completion Date:** 2026-05-31
- **Conditions:** Lewy Body Dementia With Behavioral Disturbance, Lewy Body Parkinson Disease, Lewy Body Disease
- **Interventions:** Tele-neurohub
- **Intervention Types:** BEHAVIORAL

## Summary For Families

The goal is to reduce behavioral disturbances and make coordinated, specialist care easier to access for people with Lewy body dementia. A "tele-neurohub" links an interdisciplinary team with the patient and an in-home caregiver over Zoom to assess symptoms, review and recommend medication adjustments such as weighing levodopa's motor benefits against possible hallucination risk, coach caregivers in behavior-management techniques, and plan follow-up care. The study seeks adults 18 to 100 with a clinician-confirmed diagnosis of mild to moderate Lewy body dementia, who have internet and a Zoom-compatible device, a caregiver living with them who will participate, and fluency in English.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Maximum age:** 100 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

```
Participant with Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) Inclusion Criteria:

* LBD diagnosis by a dementia or movement disorders specialist
* Clinician-determined mild-moderate dementia severity
* Internet access with a Zoom-compatible device
* Caregiver who resides in the patient's home and is willing to participate
* Fluency in English
```

## Locations (1)

- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States _(29.6516, -82.3248)_
  - Bhavana Patel, DO — (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

## Central Contacts

- Bhavana Patel, DO — (CONTACT) — 352-733-2419 — bhavana.patel@neurology.ufl.edu
- Noheli Bedenfield, MHA — (CONTACT) — 352-733-2419 — noheli.bedenfield@neurology.ufl.edu

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