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Clinical Trials/ChiCTR1900027029
ChiCTR1900027029
Not yet recruiting
Phase 2

Structured frontal lobe based cognitive stimulation to older adults with depressive symptoms but without dementia or mild cognitive impairment

Direct Grant for Research 2018/20191 site in 1 country60 target enrollmentStarted: November 1, 2019Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Status
Not yet recruiting
Sponsor
Direct Grant for Research 2018/2019
Enrollment
60
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
severity of depressive symptoms

Overview

Brief Summary

  1. to test whether cognitive stimulation can improve depressive symptoms in older adults who are still cognitively relatively normal;
  2. to test whether the improvement in depressive symptoms can be explained by changes in cognitive performance, inflammatory response, and BDNF level

Study Design

Study Type
干预性研究
Primary Purpose
随机抽样
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
55 to 75 (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Community-living Chinese individuals aged 55 to 75 years old with subjective cognitive decline and comorbid depressive symptoms will be recruited through elderly social centres in Hong Kong

Exclusion Criteria

  • non-Chinese ethnicity; living in care homes; having history of stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, MCI, or clinical dementia; scoring Hong Kong Chinese version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (HK-MoCA) ≤25 (i.e. the cutoff score for MCI in young old with high educational level); taking drugs that affect cognition (e.g. benzodiazepines, anti-dementia medication, etc.); having history of bipolar affective disorder, psychosis, or substance abuse; already attending other cognitive or psychological intervention programs; and having significant impairments in vision, hearing or communication

Arms & Interventions

对照组

watch health videos

试验组

computerized cognitive training

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

severity of depressive symptoms

Secondary Outcomes

  • Cognitive performance
  • Blood inflammatory markers

Investigators

Sponsor
Direct Grant for Research 2018/2019

Study Sites (1)

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