# The Economic Consequences of Loneliness Among the Elderly

> **NCT04225845** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.** · enrollment: 1120 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Loneliness

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Phone therapy
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Cash transfer

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04225845
- **Lead sponsor:** National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-11-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-12-31
- **Final completion:** 2023-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 1120 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-28

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04225845

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04225845, "The Economic Consequences of Loneliness Among the Elderly". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04225845. Licensed CC0.

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