NCT03408509

Cognitive Training to Promote Brain Health: Implementation and Engagement

Status unknown Phase 2 Last updated 26 January 2018

What this trial tests

Phase 2 trial testing Computerized cognitive training in Aging in 50 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

12 January 2018

Primary endpoint
31 December 2019

31 December 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Phase	Phase 2
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	50
Start date	12 January 2018
Primary completion	31 December 2019
Estimated completion	31 December 2019
Sites	1 location across Ireland

Drugs / interventions tested

• Computerized cognitive training

Conditions studied

• Aging — all drugs for Aging →
• Mild Cognitive Impairment — all drugs for Mild Cognitive Impairment →

Sponsor

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro — full company profile →

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Aging or Mild Cognitive Impairment. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Cognition encompasses memory, attention, language and other brain capacities that are necessary for good quality of life and independence. Age-related cognitive decline starts at the third decade of life and in some cases can start to impact daily functioning in the late forties. Dementia is the most devastating consequence associated with age-related cognitive decline. Recent studies indicate that improving cognition by means of intensive computerized brain training can mitigate some aspects of agerelated cognitive decline, and may even have a role in preventing or delaying dementia onset. Critically, the capacity of a given individual to improve their cognitive performance after training is fundamentally related to engagement with the exercises. Currently, little is known about how to apply intensive computerized cognitive training effectively in the health system, ensuring engagement and best progress. This project aims to tackle this challenge by developing, applying and testing personalized approaches to implement cognitive training in daily life of older adults that were recently evaluated at Memory Clinics and their care partners. The community readiness approach will be implemented using semi-structured interviews, conducted with subjects that may be interested in cognitive training, key informant, and key stakeholders. Using this information, the investigators will design an individualized training program and follow up its application in a feasibility trial. Twenty participants, recently evaluated at different Memory Clinics in Ireland, will be recruited, interviewed and invited to engage, over the ensuing 2 to 3 months, in computerized cognitive training. Subjects will be assessed after completion of the intervention for training adherence and individual gains on the computerized exercises. In order to gain insight about regional specificities of the approach the investigators will perform a parallel project using the same methodology in Brazil. This project is expected to inform the future implementation of cognitive training in public health policies for older adults.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.