Recruiting

CarePair

Sponsor:

University of Southern California

Code:

NCT06418971

Conditions

Caregiver Burden

Caregiver Burnout

Dementia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

CarePair

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to develop and test CarePair, a mobile application-based needs assessment and service referral platform for family caregivers of persons with dementia designed to alleviate stress and promote psychosocial well being.

The main aims of this study are:

  • To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the CarePair mobile application.
  • To explore the potential for CarePair to reduce feelings of depression and burden, and improve caregivers' feelings of self-efficacy.

Caregiver participants will be asked to log in and use the CarePair application and complete study activities for a six-week duration. Researchers will compare the intervention group to an attention control comparator to see if application use is associated with improved psychosocial outcomes at follow-up.

Conditions

Caregiver Burden

Caregiver Burnout

Dementia

Study ID

NCT06418971

Start date

Sep 15, 2025

Status verified date

Mar, 2026

Completion date

Jul 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion:

  • Currently a primary caregiver of a community-dwelling PwD
  • Provides at least 10 hours of care per week
  • ≥18 years of age
  • Fluent in English
  • Both the caregiver and care-recipient reside in and/or can easily access one of the following cities/areas: New York City, New York (NY); Long Island, NY; Westchester County, NY; Seattle, Washington (WA); Los Angeles, California (CA)
  • Provides at least 10 hours of care per week
  • Has provided care for at least 6 months
  • Able to use the internet and has internet access
  • Owns and can operate a smartphone
  • Able and willing to provide their informed consent to participate for the six-week study duration
  • Does not self-report any cognitive impairments

Exclusion:

  • Not currently the primary caregiver of a community-dwelling person with dementia
  • Care-recipient lives in residential care (e.g., assisted living, skilled nursing facility)
  • ≤18 years of age
  • Not fluent in English
  • The caregiver and/or care-recipient resides outside of and/or cannot easily access any of the following cities: New York City (NY); Long Island (NY); Westchester County (NY); Seattle (WA); Los Angeles (CA)
  • Provides less than 10 hours of care per week
  • Has provided care for less than 6 months
  • Unable to use the internet or does not have internet access
  • Does not own and/or cannot operate a smartphone
  • Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent to participate for the six-week study duration
  • Self-reports having a cognitive impairment

Study Design

Enrollment

80 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Control Arm

Participants randomized to the control arm will receive access to an attention-matched comparator: a digital folder containing the same caregiving articles available in the CarePair app. However, the materials will not be personalized or organized. Participants will be asked to log into the digital folder twice per week and read one article at each login, for a total of 12 logins and articles over the 6-week study period, mirroring the engagement frequency of the intervention group.

experimental: CarePair Intervention Arm

Participants randomized to the intervention arm will receive access to the CarePair app, a needs-based digital platform that delivers tailored recommendations for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) resources designed for family caregivers. These include services and educational articles personalized based on the caregiver's self-reported needs and preferences, with content organized by relevance to each user. Participants will be asked to log into the CarePair app twice per week and engage with one article per login, for a total of 12 logins and articles over the 6-week study period.

Interventions

CarePair

This study will pilot test the feasibility and acceptability of a digital self-assessment and referral tool using machine learning models to enhance service use and address unmet needs in ADRD caregivers.

Primary outcome measure

  • The Feasibility of the CarePair study as measured by the proportion of family caregivers who complete the study screening survey. [ Time Frame: Enrollment ]
  • The Feasibility of the CarePair study as measured by the proportion of family caregivers who consent to participate and are enrolled. [ Time Frame: Enrollment ]
  • The Feasibility of the CarePair study as measured by the proportion of are deemed eligible based on screening criteria. [ Time Frame: Enrollment ]
  • The Feasibility of the CarePair study as measured by recruitment rates and the proportion of family caregivers that decline participation. [ Time Frame: Enrollment ]
  • The Feasibility of the CarePair study as measured by participant retention, as indicated by the number of participants lost to follow-up. [ Time Frame: Enrollment to 6-Week Follow-Up ]
  • The Feasibility of the CarePair study as measured by participant retention, as indicated by the number of recorded dropouts. [ Time Frame: Enrollment to 6-Week Follow-Up ]
  • The Feasibility of the CarePair application as measured by the number of app logins per participant out of total required (minimum= 12). [ Time Frame: Baseline to 6-Week Follow-Up ]
  • The Feasibility of the CarePair application as measured by the number of app interactions per participant out of total required (minimum= 12). [ Time Frame: Baseline to 6-Week Follow-Up ]
  • Application Usability, as measured using the validated System Usability Scale (SUS). [ Time Frame: 6-Week Follow-Up ]
  • Application usability, as measured using the validated User Version of the Mobile App Rating Scale (uMARS). [ Time Frame: 6-Week Follow-Up ]
  • The Acceptability of the CarePair application as measured by a survey that measures the participants satisfaction and acceptability of the application. [ Time Frame: 6-Week Follow-Up ]
  • The Acceptability of the CarePair application as measured by a qualitative survey that measures the participants satisfaction and acceptability of the application. [ Time Frame: 6-Week Follow-Up ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Francesca B Falzarano, PhD

6464812858falzaran@usc.edu

Annabelle V Greenfield, BS

6467809506ag69282@usc.edu

Locations

University of Southern California

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90089

Contacts

Annabelle Greenfield, B.S.

7603307425ag69282@usc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Francesca Falzarano, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Southern California

Last update posted

Mar 5, 2026

Last verified

Mar, 2026

Keywords

  • Dementia family caregivers

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Southern California on 2026-03-05.