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NCT04133727: PHARMSIM
Suiting up to Empathy
NA trial testing Use of an ageing suit in Empathy in 120 participants. Completed in 1 September 2018.
1 August 2018
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Monash University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | supportive care |
| Enrollment | 120 |
| Start date | 1 June 2018 |
| Primary completion | 1 August 2018 |
| Estimated completion | 1 September 2018 |
| Sites | 1 location across Malaysia |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Use of an ageing suit
- Polypharmacy workshop
Conditions studied
- Empathy — all drugs for Empathy →
Sponsor
Monash University
Who can join
Adults 18 to 22, any sex, with Empathy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Healthcare professionals with a positive attitude and empathetic towards older adults are at a better position to deliver quality healthcare. In this study, the investigators randomized pharmacy students to either a polypharmacy workshop or an immersive aging simulation suit and polypharmacy workshop to examine if simulation will enhance empathy levels among students
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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"Suiting Up" to Enhance Empathy Toward Aging: A Randomized Controlled Study.
Lee SWH, Teh PL. · · 2020 · cited 13× · PMID 32984232 · DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00376
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT04133727
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04133727 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Monash University
- Last refreshed: 21 October 2019
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