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Efficacy Study of Cognitive Intervention in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Interventions
Other: group cognitive intervention
Other: Home-based cognitive intervention
Registration Number
NCT01358955
Lead Sponsor
Inha University Hospital
Brief Summary

* There will be a significant difference in cognitive function between cognitive intervention group (group therapy) and a wait list control group.

* There will be a significant difference in cognitive function between a home-based cognitive intervention group and a wait list control group.

Detailed Description

The change of Modified ADAS-cog score from the baseline to post-intervention will be compared between the cognitive intervention group and wait list control group.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
293
Inclusion Criteria
  • 50 to 85 years of age
  • memory complaint corroborated by a participant and an informant
  • delayed recall score on the Seoul Verbal Learning Test (SVLT) below 1.0 standard deviations from the mean of the age and education-normative values among the Korean population
  • Global CDR score is 0.5, Memory CDR score is 0.5 or 1.
  • above 1.5 standard deviations from the mean of normative data of the respective age- and education-matched population on the Korean Mini-Mental State Examination
  • normal functional activities
  • not diagnosed with dementia
  • Modified Hachinski Ischemic Score (HIS): 0-4
  • brain magnetic resonance imaging or CT showing no clinical evidence of other diseases (i.e., normal pressure hydrocephalus, brain tumor, cerebrovascular disease) capable of producing cognitive impairment.
  • Subjects are also required to have a reliable caregiver who meet the patient at least once a week and is sufficiently familiar with the patient to provide the investigator with accurate information.
  • He/She can read and write
  • written informed consent
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Exclusion Criteria
  • any patient who were involved in other clinical trials or treated with experimental drug within 4 weeks
  • any patients with any severe or unstable medical disease that may prevent the patient from completing all study requirements (i.e., unstable or severe asthma or cardiovascular disease, active gastric ulcer, severe hepatic or renal disease)
  • any patients with clinically significant laboratory abnormalities such as an abnormal thyroid function test, abnormal low level of vitamin B12 or folate, or positive venereal disease research laboratory test
  • any patients with any primary neurodegenerative disorder or psychiatric disorder other than AD (i.e., Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, or major depressive disorder)
  • any patients with any history of drug or alcohol addiction during the past 10 years
  • any hearing or visual impairment that can disturb the efficient evaluation of the patient
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Group cognitive interventiongroup cognitive interventionThe cognitive training will be administered twice a week for 12 weeks, located in hospital-based outpatient memory clinics. Each session will last approximately 90 minutes. The cognitive training programs will be offered in group sessions consisted of 5 participants.
Home-based cognitive interventionHome-based cognitive interventionThe participants will do their homework for 30 minutes every business days for 12 weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Modified Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale(ADAS-cog)postintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
CDR-SBpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
prospective memory testpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
Mini-Mental State Examinationpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
story recall testpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
Digit span forward and backwardpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
Word fluency testpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
color-word stroop testpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
Digit symbol testpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
K-AD8postintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
PRMQpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
MMQ-Strategypostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
QOL-ADpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
Geriatric Depression Scale-short formpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
Bayer ADLpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
CGA-NPIpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up
Subjective cognitive assessmentpostintervention, 12 weeks follow-up, and 24 weeks follow-up

Trial Locations

Locations (18)

Donga University Hospital

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Busan, Korea, Republic of

Maryknoll Hospital

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Pusan, Korea, Republic of

Jeju National University Hospital

🇰🇷

Jeju, Korea, Republic of

Korea University Medical College

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Ansan, Korea, Republic of

Soonchunhyang University Hospital

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Bucheon, Korea, Republic of

NHIC Ilsan Hospital

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Goyang, Korea, Republic of

Bobath Memorial Hospital

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Seongnam, Korea, Republic of

Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea

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Bucheon, Korea, Republic of

Inha Univeristy Hospital

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Incheon, Korea, Republic of

Pusan National University Hospital

🇰🇷

Busan, Korea, Republic of

Daejun Eulji University Hopistal

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Daejun, Korea, Republic of

Myongji Hospital

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Goyang, Korea, Republic of

Ajou University Hospital

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Suwon, Korea, Republic of

Asan Medical Center, Psychiatry

🇰🇷

Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Seoul Hospital

🇰🇷

Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Hyoja Geriatric Hospital

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Yongin, Korea, Republic of

Konkuk University Medical Cener

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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