Enhancing Cognitive Abilities With Comprehensive Training

September 9, 2015 updated by: Lumos Labs, Inc.

Enhancing Cognitive Abilities With Comprehensive Training: A Large, Online, Randomized, Active-Controlled Trial

The purpose of this study is to measure the efficacy of an online cognitive training program against an active control condition in a large, randomized trial.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The present study aims to evaluate a targeted, progressively challenging, online cognitive training program comprised of 49 distinct exercises targeting a variety of cognitive capacities. The cognitive training program will be compared to a plausibly beneficial active control condition in which participants completed online crossword puzzles.

The investigators hypothesize that the cognitive training will show greater transfer to a range of underlying cognitive abilities than the active control, as measured by a broad battery of neuropsychological assessments and participant-reported outcomes.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

11470

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94105
        • Lumos Labs, Inc.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Engaged with the Lumosity program at least 3 days in the first week after sign-up
  • Access to an internet enabled computer to complete training

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Paying subscriber

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Cognitive Training
Lumosity cognitive training program.
Other: Lumosity Cognitive Training
adaptive online cognitive training
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Crossword Puzzles
Timed online crossword puzzles
Other: Crossword Puzzles
timed online crossword puzzles

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Aggregate Cognitive Performance
Time Frame: Baseline to 10 weeks
Aggregate cognitive performance, as measured by Grand Index, on seven neuropsychological assessments (Forward Memory Span, Reverse Memory Span, Grammatical Reasoning, Progressive Matrices, Go/No-Go, Arithmetic Reasoning, Two-Target Search)
Baseline to 10 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Participant-Reported Outcomes
Time Frame: Baseline to 10 weeks
9 questions related to everyday cognition and emotional status.
Baseline to 10 weeks
Individual Neuropsychological Assessments composite
Time Frame: Baseline to 10 weeks
Separate analyses of changes on each of the seven neuropsychological assessments in the battery (Forward Memory Span, Reverse Memory Span, Grammatical Reasoning, Progressive Matrices, Go/No-Go, Arithmetic Reasoning, Two-Target Search).
Baseline to 10 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Lumos Labs, Inc.

Collaborators

Wayne State University
Wheaton College

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Daniel Sternberg, PhD, Lumos Labs, Inc.

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2013

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

April 1, 2014

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

April 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 13, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 19, 2015

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

February 20, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

September 11, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 9, 2015

Last Verified

September 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • LLI-001

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