Improving Dementia Care in Primary Practice (IDC)

April 14, 2026 updated by: Thomas Jefferson University
This clinical trial will evaluate a multi-level scalable intervention called Improving Dementia Care (IDC). The investigators hypothesize that IDC will increase dementia detection in patients with impaired cognition more than the control condition, Enhanced Usual Care (EUC), over 6 months.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This pilot RCT (N = 80) will evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a new multi-level intervention-Improving Dementia Care (IDC)-which aims to increase detection of Alzheimer disease (AD) in older primary care patients with impaired cognition. In IDC, investigators will screen older primary care patients for subjective cognitive concerns and objective cognitive impairment on the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS). To eligible patients, the research team will deliver AD Education and Personalized Decision Counseling-eliciting values and goals to reach informed, preference-based decisions on whether to have an AD evaluation. In IDC, investigators will also send to primary care physicians (PCPs) the TICS results and a smart order set (i.e., orders for AD-relevant lab and neuroimaging) via the electronic health record (EHR). The research team posits that IDC-a patient-level and PCP-level intervention-will increase AD detection more than Enhanced Usual Care (EUC), which is usual care enhanced with sending the TICS results and smart order set to the PCPs of controls-solely a PCP-level intervention. At 6 months, investigators will compare IDC's vs. EUC's effectiveness to increase rates of: 1) Incident cognitive diagnoses (e.g., Mild Cognitive Impairment, AD); 2) Orders for AD-relevant lab and neuroimaging studies, 3) Completed AD-relevant lab and neuroimaging studies; 4) Prescribed AD medications; and 5) Referrals to AD specialists, masked to treatment assignment.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

80

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • No previous diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's disease (AD).
  • Have a scheduled PCP visit in the next 4-6 weeks
  • Have subjective cognitive impairment
  • Score ≥ 26 on the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • EHR evidence or previous cognitive evaluations, diagnosis of MCI or AD, or use of AD medications
  • TICS score of ≤ 11.00
  • Inability to provide informed consent

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: Screening
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Improving Dementia Care (IDC)
During a phone session, participants receive ADRD Education and Personalized Decision Counseling, which consists of eliciting values and goals to reach informed, preference-based decisions on whether to have an ADRD evaluation. Participants' primary care physicians are sent cognitive screening results and a smart order set (i.e., orders for ADRD-relevant lab and neuroimaging) via the electronic health record (EHR).
Other: Improving Dementia Care
During a phone session, participants receive ADRD Education and Personalized Decision Counseling, which consists of eliciting values and goals to reach informed, preference-based decisions on whether to have an ADRD evaluation. Participants' primary care physicians are sent cognitive screening results and a smart order set (i.e., orders for ADRD-relevant lab and neuroimaging) via the electronic health record (EHR).
Other Names:
  • IDC
Active Comparator: Enhanced Usual Care (EUC)
Usual care enhanced with notices sent to participants' primary care physicians with cognitive screening results and a smart order set (i.e., orders for ADRD-relevant lab and neuroimaging) via the electronic health record (EHR).
Other: Enhanced Usual Care
Usual care enhanced with notices sent to participants' primary care physicians with cognitive screening results and a smart order set (i.e., orders for ADRD-relevant lab and neuroimaging) via the electronic health record (EHR).
Other Names:
  • EUC

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incident cognitive diagnoses.
Time Frame: 6 months
Chart reviews will identify the number of patients with a new cognitive diagnosis in each arm.
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Orders for Alzheimer's disease-relevant lab and neuroimaging
Time Frame: 6 months
Chart reviews will identify the number of patients with a new relevant lab and imaging tests.
6 months
Prescribed Alzheimer's disease (AD) medications.
Time Frame: 6 months
Chart reviews will identify the number of patients with a new AD medications.
6 months
Referrals to Alzheimer's disease specialists
Time Frame: 6 months
Chart reviews will identify the number of patients with relevant referrals.
6 months
Completed AD-relevant lab and neuroimaging studies
Time Frame: 6 months
Chart reviews will identify the number of patients with completed orders.
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Thomas Jefferson University

Collaborators

Independence Blue Cross

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Barry Rovner, MD, Thomas Jefferson University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

May 4, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

May 3, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

May 3, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 6, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 6, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

April 13, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 17, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 14, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • iRISID-2025-0888

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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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