Adaptive Cognitive Training in Healthy Older Adults

Bruyere Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer's Disease; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Mild to Moderate Dementia

Treatments: Other: Computerized cognitive training; Other: Computerized games

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02205710

M16-14-018

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cognitive training has emerged as a promising method to maintain, enhance, and rehabilitate cognitive function in older adults and individuals with dementia. In recent years, such training has become particularly appealing in the clinical context, with many paradigms aimed specifically at adults experiencing various stages of cognitive decline due to Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementias. However, basic questions remain. For example, uncertainty persists regarding factors that influence observed improvements as well as the conditions that would maximize transfer and sustainability of training effects. The objective of this study is to evaluate factors that may maximize the benefits of computerized cognitive training in older adults.

Full description

The study involves 25 sessions of an adaptive cognitive training program, completed over 5 weeks. Pre and post training assessments will evaluate any near and far transfer effects of training.

Enrollment: 99 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English as the maternal or primary spoken language.
• Good self-reported health (i.e., no cerebro-, or cardio-vascular disease or neurological disease).
• Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing.

Exclusion criteria

• Poor hearing or vision
• Inadequate understanding of the English language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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99 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Computerized cognitive training

Experimental group

Description:

Series of gamified tasks.

Treatment:

Other: Computerized cognitive training

Computerized game training

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Series of gamified tasks.

Treatment:

Other: Computerized games