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Caregiver Burden: early-phase trial registry

27 of 43 indexed Caregiver Burden trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #339 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

43 US clinical trials · 27 currently recruiting · #339 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Caregiver Burden: 43 US clinical trials tracked, 27 recruiting.

Caregiver Burden is the subject of 43 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 27 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 1 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Emory University, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition caregiver-burden

OPEN 27 | RECR 63% | LATE 0 | EARLY 1 | RANK #339 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Long COVID (63% recruiting · 51 trials)

Heart Failure With Preserved76.7%Caregiver Burden (this)63%Aphasia58.1%Chronic Pancreatitis51.2%Degenerative Disc Disease41.9%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Caregiver Burden

Caregiver Burden lists 27 open slots (63% of 43 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Caregiver Burden on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Caregiver Burden is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    27 of 43 indexed trials (62.8%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Caregiver Burden trials is spread across many organizations.

    Emory University accounts for 3 of 43 trials (7%). 35 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Caregiver Burden enrolment sits around 100 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 100 among the 42 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 21 of those (50%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Caregiver Burden research is mostly interventional.

    40 interventional and 3 observational studies make up this index (93% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11

Open and recent trials

43 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 3,000 participants

Evaluating Novel Healthcare Approaches to Nurturing and Caring for Hospitalized Elders

University of Michigan

NCT05929703

RECRUITING NA 792 participants

Palliative Care Education in Assisted Living for Dementia Care Providers (PCEAL-DCP)

University of South Florida

NCT06722352

RECRUITING NA 640 participants

STELLA-FTD: Examination of a Behavior Change Intervention for FTD Family Care Partners

Oregon Health and Science University

NCT06613204

RECRUITING 500 participants

The Nuestros Días ("Our Days") Study

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT06475534

RECRUITING NA 488 participants

Telephone Support in Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancer

Indiana University

NCT06532877

RECRUITING NA 440 participants

Evaluating the Efficacy of the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

NCT06168604

RECRUITING NA 352 participants

The SNAP Tool for Head and Neck Cancer Survivor-Caregiver Dyads

Medical University of South Carolina

NCT05811936

RECRUITING 240 participants

Swallowing Impairments in Adults With and Without Alzheimer's Disease

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT06678100

RECRUITING NA 238 participants

Support Via Technology: Living and Learning With Advancing Dementia-REVISED

Oregon Health and Science University

NCT06460012

RECRUITING NA 220 participants

Efficacy and Sustainability of a Carepartner-Integrated Telerehabilitation Program for Persons With Stroke

Emory University

NCT06655402

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Learning Skills Together Family Caregiver Complex Intervention

Case Western Reserve University

NCT05846984

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

A Study of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers to People With Cancer

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

NCT06307535

RECRUITING NA 184 participants

I-CARE 2: Mobile Telehealth to Reduce Alzheimer'S-related Symptoms

Indiana University

NCT05733520

RECRUITING 150 participants

NLit and Outcomes in HNC Survivor-Caregiver Dyads

University of Kansas Medical Center

NCT07021885

RECRUITING NA 140 participants

SAGE LEAF 2: An Online Program to Reduce Dementia Caregiver Burden

Northwestern University

NCT06708182

RECRUITING NA 140 participants

Caregiving While Black

Emory University

NCT05772689

RECRUITING NA 120 participants

Caregiver Stress and Sleep Study

University of Pittsburgh

NCT05219955

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Reducing Suicide Risk Among Aging Caregivers of Persons With AD/ADRD

Texas Tech University

NCT06055322

RECRUITING NA 80 participants

Testing & Refinement of CarePair: An Assessment and Referral Platform to Support Family Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.

University of Southern California

NCT06418971

RECRUITING NA 68 participants

Caregivers Preparing for Their Own Health Care Emergency

University of California, Davis

NCT06635876

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

I-CARE Rural Pilot: Intervention for Rural-Dwelling Dementia Caregivers

Richard Holden

NCT07054385

RECRUITING NA 50 participants

A rTMS and Virtual Reality Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Program for MCI

Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

NCT06024473

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

DECIDE: Dyads and Families

Emory University

NCT05139290

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

I-CARE 2: Mobile Telehealth to Reduce Alzheimer'S-related Symptoms in Hispanic Individuals

Indiana University

NCT06099197

RECRUITING NA 32 participants

Digital Health Physical Activity Program for Older Family Care Partners of Patents With Heart Failure

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT05852509

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

A Dyadic Intervention for Young Adult Patients With Cancer and Their Partner Caregivers

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT06172907

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

LEgal Guidance and AdvocaCY for CAREgivers (LEGACY CARE): A Pilot Clinical Trial for Caregivers of Persons With Colorectal Cancer

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

NCT07153016

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 270 participants

A Spanish-language Caregiver-Enabled Care Program

Ceresti Health

NCT06631144

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 80 participants

Treatment to Improve Sleep in Caregivers With Insomnia and a Child With Autism

University of Pennsylvania

NCT05373537

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 58 participants

Hispanic Adapted and Culturally Relevant Exercising Together

University of Arizona

NCT06018311

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 50 participants

Efficacy of Caregiver Training Program in Enhancing Caregiver and Patient Outcomes

MapHabit

NCT05527405

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 19 participants

10-Week Physical Activity Program for Mothers of Children With Developmental Disabilities

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT07182071

COMPLETED NA 342 participants

Comprehensive Home-based Dementia Care Coordination for Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles in Maryland

Johns Hopkins University

NCT02395731

COMPLETED NA 300 participants

MIND: Care Coordination for Community-living Person With Dementia

Johns Hopkins University

NCT02396082

COMPLETED NA 82 participants

Building a Bridge (BAB) Between Clinical and Community Care

Sato Ashida

NCT03932812

COMPLETED NA 74 participants

CAPABLE Family Pilot - Adapting CAPABLE for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)/Early Stage Dementia and Their Care Partners

Johns Hopkins University

NCT05187117

COMPLETED NA 60 participants

Wellness Coaching for Caregivers of Thoracic Transplant Candidates

Mayo Clinic

NCT04245228

COMPLETED NA 43 participants

Improving Care Through Improv: Promoting Mastery in the Moment

Georgia State University

NCT05996718

COMPLETED NA 35 participants

Support for Caregivers of Older Adults With Cognitive Decline

State University of New York at Buffalo

NCT04787068

COMPLETED NA 33 participants

Intervention Development and Evaluation to Reduce Disparities in Quality of Life for Latino Families Impacted by Cancer

University of California, Irvine

NCT06622252

COMPLETED NA 18 participants

Rhythmically Entrained Exercise in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

University of North Carolina, Greensboro

NCT05462977

COMPLETED NA 15 participants

Adapting and Implementing the I-HoME Intervention in Caregivers of Patients With ADRD

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

NCT06488157

COMPLETED Phase 1

Telesupport: Evaluation of Professionally Led Support Groups for Caregivers

Thomas Jefferson University

NCT00259415

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Caregiver Burden records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Dementia Guide Expert Behavioral
3 trials
Brain CareNotes Behavioral
3 trials
Augmented Usual Care Other
1 trials
MIND-S Intervention Behavioral
1 trials
CAPABLE Family - Randomized Control Trial Behavioral
1 trials
CAPABLE Family - Open Label Pilot Behavioral
1 trials
Occupational Therapy support Behavioral
1 trials
Caregiver support via telephone Behavioral
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Caregiver Burden trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Georgia 5 trials
California 5 trials
Pennsylvania 4 trials
New York 4 trials
Indiana 4 trials
Maryland 3 trials
Wisconsin 2 trials
Texas 2 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Caregiver Burden page

43 registered trials, 27 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 27 Caregiver Burden trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Emory University sponsors the most Caregiver Burden trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Emory University's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Caregiver Burden condition card totals 43 registered trials; most-linked intervention Dementia Guide Expert; top US site state Georgia. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.