The research team plans to enroll 6,000 adults age 75 and older, living in the community, with one or more modifiable risk factors for falls. The first year of the study was a pilot phase, during which many aspects of the intervention were tested with small numbers of people across 10 clinical sites. The enrollment for the full trial started on August 1, 2015 and will take place over 18 months. The participants will be followed for up to three years.
The Yale Data Coordinating Center (DCC) is a partnership between the Yale Center for Analytical Sciences, and the Yale Program on Aging (POA)/Older Americans Independence Center. It is composed of highly trained and experienced biostatistical and data management experts with the goal of conducting multi-center clinical research studies. The aim of the Yale DCC is to ensure that studies are efficiently and rigorously designed, conducted and analyzed through the use of state-of-the-art data collection and tracking systems, quality control procedures and statistical methods. Our faculty and staff have experience in all phases of clinical trials as well as observational studies (e.g. case-control, cohort).
Data management and analysis of the STRIDE Study will be coordinated by the Yale DCC.