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NCT Number: NCT07145723

Supporting Care Partners' Well-Being With Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots

This study is being completed to test an AI therapy chatbot application called Earkick to see whether it is feasible and acceptable in supporting care partners who support individuals living with dementia.

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Key information

Conditions

Caregivers

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants need to be a care partner (informal caregiver) of an individual living with dementia
  • Participant provides emotional, physical, and/or financial support/assistance to the individual with dementia (per protocol)
  • Participants indicate high levels of caregiver burden, confirmed using the 12-item Zarit Burden questionnaire (per protocol)
  • Provide informed consent and read, speak, and understand English
  • Have an Apple smartphone, tablet, or laptop, have access to the internet and text messages, and be willing to use this device as well as internet and text message access for the study, including downloading the AI chatbot app
  • Be willing to complete all study assessments

Exclusion criteria

  • Professional, paid caregivers
  • Anything that would preclude safe or meaningful participation in the study

Treatment and study plan

Earkick app

Other

Participants will have a baseline visit followed by an 8-week home monitoring period (HMP) using the Earkick app.

The Earkick app will interact with a mental health chatbot. Participants will complete online surveys at the midpoint (4 weeks) and end (8 weeks) of the HMP. Participants will choose one mental health-related topic to focus on from weeks 1-4 and one physical health-related topic to focus on from weeks 5-8.

Additionally, participants will have a post-HMP interview over Zoom.

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility and Acceptability as measured by the Feasibility and Acceptability Questionnaire

    Time frame: 4 weeks and 8 weeks (post intervention)

    Feasibility and Acceptability Questionnaire (items are scaled from 1 to 5 to indicate level of agreement, where "1" indicates "strong disagreement" and "5" indicates "strong agreement").

Secondary outcomes

  1. Attrition as measured by the percent of participants completing the study

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  2. Adherence as measured by the percentage of missing data over the course of the study

    Time frame: 8 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Supporting Care Partners' Well-Being With AI Chatbots: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Aug 28, 2025
Registry last updated
Apr 1, 2026

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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