Effects of Memory Boot Camp on Brain Function in Adults With Symptoms of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Interventions
- Other: Multi-domain Intervention
- Registration Number
- NCT04426162
- Lead Sponsor
- Neurocore
- Brief Summary
This is a prospective controlled clinical trial to determine the effects of a 12-week Memory Boot Camp (MBC) program on cognitive function in older adults with symptoms of Mild Cognitive Impairment.
- Detailed Description
This prospective trial evaluates the 12-week, multi-domain Memory Boot Camp program for adults ages 55 to 85 with symptoms of mild cognitive impairment. The Memory Boot Camp program incorporates neurofeedback, heart rate variability biofeedback, memory and cognitive training, and one-on-one coaching to encourage behavior change in diet, sleep, physical fitness, and stress reduction. Participants are evaluated via neurocognitive assessments, questionnaires, quantitative electroencephalography parameters, and heart rate variability parameters at four time points: baseline, pre-program, post-program, and follow-up. The trial included a 12-week waiting period between baseline and pre-program, such that each participant acts as their own control, and follow-up takes place six months after completion of the program.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 76
- Subjective memory concerns
- At least a high school education
- Having a current primary care doctor (or agreement to get a primary care doctor)
- Ability to read and write English
- Time availability of 4-5 hours/week
- Be in good general health
- Major depression
- Known neurological illness (e.g. Alzheimer's or other dementia, Parkinson's, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis)
- Serious psychiatric diagnosis
- Substance abuse
- Complete blindness or deafness
- Plans to be out of town for more than 10 days during the active phase of the trial
- Current or past client of the Sponsor
- Complete blindness or deafness
- Employee or family member of Sponsor employee
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Memory Boot Camp Participants Multi-domain Intervention All subjects undergo a 12-week control period, followed by a multi-domain 12-week memory program.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Baseline (Month 0), program start (Month 3), program completion (Month 6), and 6-month post-program follow-up (Month 12). The MoCA is a validated, brief assessment tool that measures MCI and is widely used. Individuals are scored on seven different domains: visuospatial/executive, naming, attention, language, abstraction, delayed recall, and orientation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Neurocore Brain Performance Center
🇺🇸Grandville, Michigan, United States