Cognitive Ability Training in Seniors (CATS)

Wuerzburg University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mild Cognitive Impairment

Treatments: Device: Sham tDCS; Device: Verum tDCS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02587338

Wuerzburg22/15

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates the beneficial effects of prefrontal brain stimulation (with transcranial direct current stimulation [tDCS]) during working memory training in seniors with subjective memory impairments.The placebo-controlled double blinded study includes 50 elderly probands which were randomized into verum or sham tDCS.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• native german speaker
• between 60-70 years old
• subjective memory impairment

Exclusion criteria

• psychiatric, neurological diseases
• uncorrected hearing or vision deficits
• actual psychopharmaco intake
• metal parts in the head
• medical electronical implants

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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38 participants in 2 patient groups

Verum tDCS

Experimental group

Description:

Left frontal anodal stimulation, supraorbital right cathodal stimulation

Treatment:

Device: Verum tDCS

Sham tDCS

Experimental group

Description:

sham stimulation, same electrode positions

Treatment:

Device: Sham tDCS