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Shanghai Non-pharmacological Intervention for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer's Disease

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Mild Dementia
Interventions
Behavioral: Diet intervention
Behavioral: Exercise
Behavioral: Cognitive training
Registration Number
NCT05887674
Lead Sponsor
Ruijin Hospital
Brief Summary

This study is a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial that aims to investigate the efficacy of multi-domain life-style intervention including low inflammatory-index diet, exercise, and cognitive training in patients with mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease.

Detailed Description

This is a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial that aims to investigate the efficacy of multi-domain life-style intervention including low inflammatory-index diet, exercise, and cognitive training in patients with mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease. Patients who eligible to the inclusion criteria and ineligible to the exclusion criteria will be randomly assigned into three groups by a 1:1:1 ratio. Patients in first arm will receive multi-domain life-style intervention including low inflammatory-index diet, exercise, and cognitive training. Patients in the second arm will receive intervention of exercise and cognitive training. Patients in the third arm will receive regular health advice. We hypothesize that the multi-domain intervention will reduce impairment in the study group compared to the control group during the 2-year intervention period.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
180
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Aged 60-90 years
  2. In accordance with the diagnostic criteria for "mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease" or "mild Alzheimer's disease" from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association (NIA-AA) (2011)
  3. The Hamilton depression rating scale/17 edition (HAMD) total score≤10
  4. Neurological examination: no obvious signs
  5. Education: primary school (grade 6) or above and capacity to complete tests for cognitive ability
  6. Capacity to give consent
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Other causes of cognitive decline: cerebrovascular disease, central nervous system infection, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Huntington's and Parkinson's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, traumatic brain dementia, other physical and chemical factors (such as drugs, alcohol, CO), systemic disease (hepatic encephalopathy, pulmonary encephalopathy, etc.), intracranial occupation (a subdural hematoma, brain tumor), the endocrine system disease (thyroid disease, parathyroid disease), and vitamins deficiency or any other causes of dementia
  2. The history of nervous system diseases, including stroke, optic myelitis, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, etc
  3. Psychiatric patients, including schizophrenia or other mental illnesses, bipolar disorder, major depression, or delirium
  4. There are unstable or serious heart, lung, liver, kidney, endocrine, and hematopoietic system diseases, or Poor prognosis because of malignant diseases such as tumors.
  5. Vision or hearing problems that lead to poor performance on cognitive tests
  6. Two years history of severe alcoholism, and drug abuse
  7. Participants who participated in any other trial 30 days prior to their screening visit
  8. Contraindication of MRI scanning
  9. Special requirements for diet, e.g., allergy to common food or on a special diet due to medical needs
  10. Participants who cannot be followed for at least 6 months (due to a health situation or migration)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Multi-domain intervention groupExercisePatients in this arm will receive multi-domain life-style intervention including low inflammatory-index diet, exercise, and cognitive training.
Exercise and cognitive trainingExercisePatients in this arm will receive the intervention of exercise and cognitive training.
Exercise and cognitive trainingCognitive trainingPatients in this arm will receive the intervention of exercise and cognitive training.
Multi-domain intervention groupDiet interventionPatients in this arm will receive multi-domain life-style intervention including low inflammatory-index diet, exercise, and cognitive training.
Multi-domain intervention groupCognitive trainingPatients in this arm will receive multi-domain life-style intervention including low inflammatory-index diet, exercise, and cognitive training.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline memory at one yearOne year

Change from baseline verbal memory using the Auditory verbal learning test (AVLT)

Change from baseline global cognitive function at one yearOne year

Change from baseline general cognitive performance at one year assessed by Mini-mental state examination (MMSE)

Change from baseline visual spatial ability and visual memory at one yearOne year

Change from baseline visual spatial ability and visual memoryevaluated by the Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test (CFT)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in Inflammatory biomarkersOne year

Serum interleukins and tumor necrosis factors

Changes in gut microbiotaOne year

Number of genera and abundance of microbiota in feces and blood

Changes in hippocampus related neural circuit-specific resting-state connectivity (FC)One year

Neural connectivity by functional MRI

Changes in cognition assessed by Clock drawing test, Symbol-digit test, Trail making test, Boston naming test and Language fluency testOne year

Executive function

Changes in structural brain MRI including volume of hippocampus and other specific brain regionsOne year

Brain structure by MRI

Changes in Metabolic biomarkersOne year

Low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein, and total cholesterol

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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