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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00380562
Date of registration: 25/09/2006
Primary sponsor: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Public title: The Baltimore Experience Corps Study
Scientific title: Experience Corps Trial: Improving Health of Older Populations Through Generativity
Date of first enrolment: March 2006
Target sample size: 1046
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00380562
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Laprisha Berry-Vaughn, MSW, MPH
Address: 
Telephone: 410-502-6630
Email: lberry7@jhmi.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Gene Graves
Address: 
Telephone: 410-807-1785
Email: cgraves1@jhmi.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Laprisha Berry-Vaughn
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Johns Hopkins University
Name:   Linda Fried, MD, MPH
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Johns Hopkins University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 60 years or older

- Agree to commit to at least 1 year of participation in the EC and to participate at
least 15 hours per week for the full school year, if randomized to the intervention
group

- Meet minimum criteria for cognitive functioning necessary to function successfully in
a school setting

- Functionally literate, using a nationally recognized and standardized evaluation
which provides grade level equivalency in reading and spelling

- Ability to travel to the schools, if randomized to the intervention group

- Agree to accept randomization and to participate in evaluations

- Clearance on the Baltimore city public school's criminal background check, if
randomized to intervention group

- Complete training, if randomized to intervention group

Exclusion Criteria:

- Under 60 years of age



Age minimum: 60 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Aging
Generativity
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Experience Corps
Primary Outcome(s)
Decreased disability in mobility and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Decreased falls
decreased rate of decline in memory
increased, preserved or slowed decline in strength, balance, walking speed, frailty, timed "get up and go", cortical plasticity and executive function and speed and accuracy in objective IADL task performance
Secondary ID(s)
AG0069
PO1AG027735
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Abell Foundation
Experience Corps National Office
France-Merrick Foundation
Goldseeker Foundation
Maryland Governor's Office of Service and Volunteerism
Retirement Research Foundation
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
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