New Care Pathways for Supporting TRANSitional CARE From Hospital to Home Using AI and Personalized Digital Assistance (TRANSCARE)

July 23, 2026 updated by: Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani
The objective of the TRANSCARE study is to evaluate the use of a digital remote monitoring system to reduce the risk of 30-day readmission in multimorbid elderly patients. The pilot study is multicenter, and the trial will be conducted across 3 sites: Italy, Romania, and Norway. The overall goal of the TRANSCARE project is to create a digital monitoring ecosystem capable of identifying and preventing the risk of readmission. Two hundred and ten older adults aged over 65, who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria, will be enrolled in the study. They will be randomized into two groups and allocated to an intervention group or a control group.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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210

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • Italy
      • Ancona, Italy, 60127
        • Recruiting
        • IRCCS INRCA Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Antonio Cherubini, Prof. Dr.
  • Norway
      • Farsund, Norway
        • Recruiting
        • Farsund Kommune
  • Romania
      • Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Able to stand and walk even with support;
  • Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) ≥ 18;
  • Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) score 2-7;

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Allergy to nichel components;
  • Concomitant participation in other studies;
  • Severe dementia condition
  • Mild to moderate dementia condition in the absence of the caregiver
  • Terminal chronic renal failure with the need for dialysis
  • Inability or unwillingness to sign written informed consent;
  • Pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator;
  • Metastatic cancer or immunosuppressive therapy;
  • Significant visual or hearing impairment;
  • Severe systemic diseases with life expectancy < 6 year;
  • Move to nursing home after discharge

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: TRANSCARE Ecosystem Group
Participants in this arm will receive the TRANSCARE digital remote monitoring ecosystem upon hospital discharge for a duration of 90 days. This includes a suite of home medical monitoring devices (for measuring physiological vital signs) and a wearable activity tracking device connected to a central digital platform. Participants will use these tools for daily health self-monitoring to enable early risk detection and promote self-management capabilities. In addition to the technological intervention, participants will receive standard post-discharge care.
Other: TRANSCARE Digital Remote Monitoring Ecosystem
A digital remote monitoring suite comprising connected home medical devices for physiological parameter measurement, a wearable activity tracker, and an integrated telemonitoring software platform designed for patient self-management and clinical risk detection.
No Intervention: Usual Care Group
Participants in this arm will receive standard post-discharge care (usual care) provided by the national healthcare system without the TRANSCARE digital monitoring tools or wearable devices.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
30-Day Re-hospitalization Rate
Time Frame: 30 days post-discharge
Percentage of participants re-admitted to the hospital for any all-cause unplanned readmission within 30 days following discharge.
30 days post-discharge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Re-hospitalization Rate at 60 days
Time Frame: 60 days post-discharge
Percentage of participants with all-cause unplanned hospital readmissions evaluated at 60 days post-discharge.
60 days post-discharge
Re-hospitalization Rate at 90 Days
Time Frame: 90 days post-discharge
Percentage of participants with all-cause unplanned hospital readmissions evaluated at 90 days post-discharge
90 days post-discharge
Change in Physical Performance
Time Frame: Baseline, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days post-discharge.
Assessment of physical performance using the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) score (range 0-12, where higher scores indicate better physical function).
Baseline, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days post-discharge.
Platform Usability
Time Frame: 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days post-discharge
Usability of the digital monitoring ecosystem evaluated using the System Usability Scale (SUS) (score 0-100)
30 days, 60 days, and 90 days post-discharge
Psychosocial Impact of Technology
Time Frame: 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days post-discharge
The perceived impact evaluated through the Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Devices Scale (PIADS)
30 days, 60 days, and 90 days post-discharge
Change in Digital Health Literacy
Time Frame: Baseline and 90 days post-discharge
Evaluation of digital health literacy skills measured using the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) (score 8-40, higher scores indicate higher perceived eHealth literacy).
Baseline and 90 days post-discharge

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
INSTITUTUL INIMII "NICOLAE STANCIOIU" CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania
Tellu AS, Norway
Farsund Kommune, Norway
Karde AS, Norway

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Study Chair: Ionut Anghel, Prof. Dr., Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Principal Investigator: Roberta Bevilacqua, Ph.D., IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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December 12, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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February 28, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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February 28, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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July 23, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 23, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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July 28, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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July 28, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 23, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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July 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • INRCA_004_2026
  • THCS-1449 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) / European Union Horizon Europe)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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