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e-VITA: European-Japanese Virtual Coach for Smart Ageing (WAVE II)

NCT05835856 · Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani · Updated 27 Oct 2023

What is being tested
Virtual coach with NAO robot; Virtual coach with Google Nest Hub (2e generation) group; Virtual coach with Gatebox device; virtual coach with CelesTE robot; booklet
For
Older Adults; Quality of Life
Kind of study
Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
Who can join
Ages 65 years and older. About 240 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
Where
France, Germany, Italy, Japan (4 sites)
When
Starts or started 24 July 2023, ends 30 March 2024. Registered 28 April 2023.
Results
None posted yet.

In the researchers' words

The study is a multicentre Proof-of-Concept. The general objective of the e-VITA project is to develop a personalized virtual coach capable of interacting with its elderly interlocutor. The experimentation will be carried out in 4 sites: Italy, France, Germany and Japan.
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05835856

Sites

  • Broca HospitalParis, France
  • Diocesan Caritas Association for the Archdiocese of CologneCologne, Germany
  • IRCCS INRCA HospitalAncona, Italy
  • Tohoku University -Smart Ageing Research CenterMiyagi, Japan