Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT)

Chief Investigator: Dr Paul Clarkson Social Care and Society, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care, University of Manchester

Summary

The Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT) will evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a range of memory aids, training and support to people with mild to moderate dementia and their carers at home and compares that intervention with treatment as usual.

See below for a link to the published protocol paper published as Chester, H., Clarkson, P., Davies, L. et al. Cognitive aids for people with early stage dementia versus treatment as usual (Dementia Early Stage Cognitive Aids New Trial (DESCANT)): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 19, 546 (2018) doi:10.1186/s13063-018-2933-8


Contact Details

Trial Manager / Lead Contact: Dr Paul Clarkson
Email: paul.clarkson@manchester.ac.uk

Website: https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-018-2933-8

ISCRTN Number: 12591717 ;