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Effects of Mental Stimulation in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Interventions
Behavioral: mentally stimulating activities
Registration Number
NCT01212692
Lead Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn if activities that challenge the brain (mentally stimulating activities) can improve memory and other types of thinking in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment. The study will compare the effects of different methods of mental stimulation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
63
Inclusion Criteria
  • ≥ 50 years of age
  • meet criteria for amnestic-Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
  • have capacity to give informed consent
  • have capacity to complete assessment measures
Exclusion Criteria
  • history of drug or alcohol dependence
  • severe psychiatric conditions associated with psychosis (e.g., schizophrenia)
  • recent stroke
  • clinical diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's Disease
  • history of seizure disorder, serious head trauma, or other medical, psychiatric, or neurological conditions associated with significant cognitive impairment (e.g., Parkinson's Disease, Korsakoff's, HIV)
  • current use of Alzheimer's Disease medications (e.g., cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Mentally stimulating activitiesmentally stimulating activities-
Mentally stimulating activities- othermentally stimulating activities-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Self-Ordered Pointing Taskbaseline
Trail-Making9 months post-intervention
Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living9 months post-intervention
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test9 months post-intervention
Self-ordered pointing task9 months post-intervention
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Clinical Dementia Rating Scalebaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Digit Symbol Substitution Testbaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Digit Spanbaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Verbal Fluency Testbaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
N-Backbaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Instrumental Activities of Daily Livingbaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Neuropsychiatric Inventorybaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Multifactorial Memory Questionnairebaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Geriatric Depression Scalebaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Recollection Taskbaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Rivermead Behavioral Memory Testbaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention
Functional Capacities for Activities of Daily Livingbaseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

BPRU, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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