Dementia / Cancer / Remote Community Health Worker support · Interventional Study

Using Community Health Workers to Support Rural Care Partners of Seriously Ill Older Veterans

ClinicalTrials.gov · September 9, 2026

Preliminary Why this matters to you Expert discussion

Early or partial results. Treat as a signal, not a conclusion.

AI Summary

This is a registered but not-yet-recruiting interventional study designed to test community health worker support for rural care partners of seriously ill older veterans. No results are available; the trial is in the planning phase and aims to measure caregiver burden and satisfaction at 6 months.

What was studied

Interventional, Randomized, Parallel, Single masking, Supportive Care purpose. Dementia, Cancer, Renal Disease, Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; age from 18 Years; accepts healthy volunteers. Intervention: Community Health Worker support. Compared with: Regular support — No Intervention. n = 480. 1 site: United States.

Key findings

Safety

Safety was not reported in the material analysed. Check the source before drawing any conclusion about harm.

Who this may help

The source did not state who this applies to in practice.

Plain-language summary

This is a planned interventional study with no results posted; it represents early-phase implementation research testing community health worker support for rural care partners.

Study design

As stated by the source record.

MethodsPrimary outcome measure: Zarit-12 Cargiver Burden Interview (assessed at baseline and 6 months)

DesignInterventional, Randomized, Parallel, Single masking, Supportive Care purpose

PopulationDementia, Cancer, Renal Disease, Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; age from 18 Years; accepts healthy volunteers

Sample size480

InterventionCommunity Health Worker support

ComparatorRegular support — No Intervention

Setting1 site: United States

Reported figures

Quoted from the source exactly as published.

Planned enrollment480

Primary outcome measureZarit-12 Caregiver Burden Interview, baseline and 6 months

InterventionRemote Community Health Worker support

Caveats

No results reported; this is a registry record for a study not yet recruiting.
Comparator arm not specified in the registry summary.
Study phase listed as NA; unclear whether this is RCT, open-label, or single-arm.
No information on randomization, blinding, or primary analysis method provided.

Evidence assessment

Graded across the dimensions that decide whether you should act, each from what the source actually supports. There is no single score, and where a dimension was not assessed it says so.

Study design

moderate

Interventional study; phase not specified; comparator not stated in registry.

Directness

moderate

Primary outcome is Zarit-12 Caregiver Burden Interview at 6 months; directly relevant to stated aim.

Consistency

insufficient

No results reported; consistency cannot be assessed from registry record alone.

Risk of bias

insufficient

Blinding, randomization method, and allocation concealment not described in registry.

Sample adequacy

moderate

Planned enrollment 480 participants; adequate for a pragmatic trial but not yet recruited.

What is missing. This record has no key findings. That is a gap in the analysis, not a judgement about the study.

Source abstract

Registry record from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06963970). This is a study registration, not published results. Lead sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development. Recruitment status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING. Phase: NA. Study type: INTERVENTIONAL. Enrollment: 480 participants (ESTIMATED). Conditions: Dementia, Cancer, Renal Disease, Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Interventions: OTHER: Remote Community Health Worker support. Primary outcome measures: Zarit-12 Cargiver Burden Interview , baseline and 6 months. Brief summary: The investigators aim to support care partner's well-being and satisfaction with VA care and decrease their work burden by offering extra support from a trained Community Health Worker who will help connect the care partner to helpful resources in their communities and in the VA. The investigators also hope to help Veterans well-being and satisfaction with VA care by supporting their care partner more sufficiently allowing the care partner to focus on caregiving tasks.

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DementiaVA Office of Research and DevelopmentCancerRemote Community Health Worker supportRenal DiseaseNCT06963970