NCT07852650 · Phase 1 · RECRUITING
Digital STEADI Efficacy
This trial tests a home-based digital fall prevention program called Digital STEADI. It uses two AI-powered conversational agents, with humans overseeing them, to help older adults follow fall prevention steps. Researchers will measure whether it lowers fall risk. It is an early Phase 1 trial, meaning a first look at how the program works, not yet proven.
You may qualify if
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score between 26 and 30
- Able to walk independently with or without an assistive device.
- Able to rise independently from a standard desk or dining room chair without arms.
- Live independently in a non-institutional or senior community setting.
- Able to speak, hear and understand English
- Have 20/40 vision from 10 ft with or without correction (e.g., glasses)
- Willing to participate in the requirements of the research program.
- Able to meet in a physical study location on Emory campus.
- Screen positive for fall risk per the Stay Independent screener.
You're excluded if
- acute medical illness requiring hospitalization.
- hospitalized in the past 1 month.
- diagnosed with dementia (ADRD) or a neurodegenerative disease other than MCI (e.g., Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis).
- uncontrolled congestive heart failure (requiring hospitalization in the past year and/or unable to the equivalent of one city block).
- history of hospitalization for stroke in the past 1 year.
- inability to perform study procedures.
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2026-10-01