Effects of Memory Boot Camp on Brain Function in Adults With Symptoms of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

Neurocore

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mild Cognitive Impairment

Treatments: Other: Multi-domain Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04426162

16-127

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective controlled clinical trial to determine the effects of a 12-week Memory Boot Camp (MBC) program on cognitive function in older adults with symptoms of Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Full description

This prospective trial evaluates the 12-week, multi-domain Memory Boot Camp program for adults ages 55 to 85 with symptoms of mild cognitive impairment. The Memory Boot Camp program incorporates neurofeedback, heart rate variability biofeedback, memory and cognitive training, and one-on-one coaching to encourage behavior change in diet, sleep, physical fitness, and stress reduction. Participants are evaluated via neurocognitive assessments, questionnaires, quantitative electroencephalography parameters, and heart rate variability parameters at four time points: baseline, pre-program, post-program, and follow-up. The trial included a 12-week waiting period between baseline and pre-program, such that each participant acts as their own control, and follow-up takes place six months after completion of the program.

Enrollment: 76 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjective memory concerns
• At least a high school education
• Having a current primary care doctor (or agreement to get a primary care doctor)
• Ability to read and write English
• Time availability of 4-5 hours/week
• Be in good general health

Exclusion criteria

• Major depression
• Known neurological illness (e.g. Alzheimer's or other dementia, Parkinson's, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis)
• Serious psychiatric diagnosis
• Substance abuse
• Complete blindness or deafness
• Plans to be out of town for more than 10 days during the active phase of the trial
• Current or past client of the Sponsor
• Complete blindness or deafness
• Employee or family member of Sponsor employee

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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76 participants in 1 patient group

Memory Boot Camp Participants

Experimental group

Description:

All subjects undergo a 12-week control period, followed by a multi-domain 12-week memory program.

Treatment:

Other: Multi-domain Intervention