🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2025-07-03

Frailty Rehabilitation (NCT03824106)

Frailty Rehabilitation: A Community-based Intervention to Promote Healthy Aging

🟢 Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: McMaster University

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

Frailty is an important clinical state that contributes to falls, hospitalization, institutionalization and death. When an individual simultaneously has many health problems, a frailty "tipping point" may be triggered by even a minor stressful event such as adding a new drug or urinary tract infection. Our research suggests that approximately 23% of Canadians over age 65 are frail, and by age 85 this estimate increases to over 40%. As we learn more about frailty and its consequences, there is an urgent need to develop community-based interventions that will prevent or delay frailty in older adults. Our proposed study will examine if frailty rehabilitation program is an effective community-based intervention to promote healthy aging. The primary objective of our study is to determine if 4-month frailty rehabilitation improves physical function compared with control and exercise alone in community-dwelling older adults living with frailty and sarcopenia. Secondary objectives of our study are to determine if 4-months of frailty rehabilitation can improve functional abilities and reduce healthcare utilization during a 6-month follow-up period compared with control and exercise alone. Results will translate the first Canadian model of frailty and sarcopenia rehabilitation and management.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (6 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (9 items).

Location: McMaster University - St. Peter's Hospital — Hamilton, Ontario

Age range: 65 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Unable to speak or understand English
  • Currently attending a group exercise program
  • Currently in a drug optimization study/program
  • Currently taking protein supplements daily
  • Significant cognitive impairment where they may have difficulty following two-step commands in group exercise
  • Receiving palliative/end of life care
  • Unstable angina or heart failure
  • Unable to attend for more than 20% of trial duration

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • McMaster University - St. Peter's Hospital — Hamilton, Ontario

📞 Contact the Study Coordinator

Phone: (905) 521-2100

Email: smithsher@hhsc.ca

Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

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💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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