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Clinical Trials/NCT01212692
NCT01212692CompletedPhase 2

A Theoretically Based Memory Training Intervention in Mild Cognitive Impairment

Johns Hopkins University2 sites in 1 country63 target enrollmentStarted: October 2010Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 2
Status
Completed
Enrollment
63
Locations
2
Primary Endpoint
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test

Study Overview

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.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
50 Years to 100 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

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)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test

Time Frame: 9 months post-intervention

Self-Ordered Pointing Task

Time Frame: baseline

Trail-Making

Time Frame: 9 months post-intervention

Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

Time Frame: 9 months post-intervention

Self-ordered pointing task

Time Frame: 9 months post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes

  • Verbal Fluency Test(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • Clinical Dementia Rating Scale(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • Digit Symbol Substitution Test(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • Digit Span(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • N-Back(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • Instrumental Activities of Daily Living(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • Neuropsychiatric Inventory(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • Geriatric Depression Scale(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • Recollection Task(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)
  • Functional Capacities for Activities of Daily Living(baseline, immediately after the intervention, 3 months post intervention, and 9 months post-intervention)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Paul B. Rosenberg

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University

Study Sites (2)

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