Lifestyle Remodeling in Subjective Memory Complaint (SMC): Brain Imaging and Blood Biochemistry Study

The specific study aims:

1. To investigate whether the brain function is affected by the past life experiences, such as lifestyle and physiology-related factors in SMC.
2. To examine whether the lifestyle remodeling could improve SMC's cognitive function and modulate the reactivity of inflammatory factors, leading to significantly slow down the disease progression to MCI or dementia.
3. To investigate the lasting duration of the intervention.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Subjective Memory Complaint
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Lifestyle remodeling Intervention; Behavioral: Does Comparator: regular treatment

Detailed Description

Although there is much evidence showing age-related reduction of cognitive function, many researchers point out a more optimistic viewpoint that aging is not a progressive loss. By remodeling the lifestyle, or/and monitoring the physical factors, the risk to develop dementia could be reduced. The above statements are mostly based on the epidemiological research, while it remains unclear how the aging modulates the brain changes. In previous study, the investigators have found that individuals with subjective memory complaint (SMC) showed altered brain changes in terms of resting-state connectivity when compared to those without SMC. The present study further aims to examine whether the brain function is affected by the past life experiences, such as lifestyle and physiology-related factors in SMC. More importantly, this study aims to clarify whether the lifestyle remodeling could improve SMC's cognitive function and modulate the reactivity of inflammatory factors, leading to significantly slow down the disease progression to MCI or dementia.

In summary, the present study aims to understand how the lifestyle remodeling affects SMC's brain function and biochemical indicators. Before and after the intervention, this study will use neuropsychological tests to assess all the aspects of cognitive functions, use Electroencephalogram to investigate the brain activation patterns, and use biochemical analyses to quantify the reactivity of inflammation, toxic as well as neurotrophic factors. Through the follow-up design, this study also plan to investigate the lasting duration of the intervention and the how the neural reorganization occurs as function of time.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Beitou District
    • Taipei City, Beitou District, Taiwan, 11217
      • Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 50 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age over 50 years old.
2. Diagnosed with subjective memory complaint (SMC) and with lower cognitive activities and physical activities.
3. Voluntary to sign the Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participants or first-degree relatives diagnosed with mental diseases.
2. Participants have history of severe neurological diseases or brain injury led to loss of consciousness.
3. Participants have diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.
4. Participants have History of alcohol, Nicotine, or substance dependence.
5. Participants suffer from visual, hearing degradation (including Hearing aid user).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Lifestyle remodeling	Behavioral: Lifestyle remodeling Intervention; Participants will be received 2 phases of intervention of lifestyle remodeling, 3 months for each phase, which contained cognitive stimulating activities and physical activities.
Active Comparator: Does Comparator: regular treatment	Behavioral: Does Comparator: regular treatment; Participants in this group would be treated as usual, which contained the healthy education.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in Electroencephalogram (EEG) performance.	The amplitude, latency of MMN (mismatch negativity), N2, and the P3 components will be used to evaluate the memory and inhibitory control ability. Other EEG time-frequency analysis will be used to examine the changes of different frequency bands, such as theta, alpha, beta, and gamma.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Concentration change from baseline in the blood biochemical indices. (Total Tau, Aβ1-40, Aβ1-42, IL-1b, TNF-a, IL-6, TGF-b, BDNF, insulin, and ApoE4)	Blood samples will use an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to assay the concentrations of Tau, Beta Amyloid (Aβ)1-40, Aβ1-42, interleukin-1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-⍺, Interleukin-6 (IL-6), transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), insulin, etc. The apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) genotype will also be evaluated.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Change score of the Chinese version Verbal Learning Test (CVVLT).	A nine-item of CVVLT (total recall, delayed recall) will be applied to measure the participant's memory ability, with a higher score indicating better performance.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Change score of the WMS-III logical memory test part A.	WMS-III logical memory test part A (immediate recall, delayed recall) will be applied to measure the participant's memory ability. The maximum score is 25 for each recall trial, with a higher score indicating better performance.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Change score of the Taylor Complex Figure Test (TCFT).	TCFT (immediate recall, delayed recall) will be applied to measure the participant's memory ability. The maximum score is 36 for each recall trial, with a higher score indicating better performance.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Change score of the Digit Span Backward Test.	The Digit Span Backwards Task will be applied to measure the participant's working memory ability. A higher score indicating better performance.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Subjective memory complaint survey.	A 14-item Subjective Memory Complaints Questionnaire measured memory impairment. The response was restricted to either "Yes" or "No".	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Change scores of EuroQol-5 Dimension (EQ-5D).	The EQ-5D comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression to measure the quality of life. Each dimension has five levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems, and extreme problems.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Lifestyle activities survey.	This self-report questionnaire measured the frequency of cognitive (e.g. read newspaper, go to museum) and physical activities (e.g.jogging, swimming). Each activity has four levels to rate frequency, with the lower score means a lower frequency on that activity.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Physiological parameter (Blood pressure and blood glucose) survey.	The data will be used to evaluate whether lifestyle remodeling intervention regulates the values of the physiological parameters(blood pressure and blood glucose level), further to investigate the association between physiological parameters and cognitive function.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Change score of the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI).	CASI will be applied to measure the participant's general cognitive ability. The range of score is 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating better performance.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Change score of the Boston Naming Test (BNT).	Thirty-item version BNT will be applied to measure the participant's linguistic ability. The maximum score is 25, with a higher score indicating better performance.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Change score of the category Verbal Fluency Test (VFT).	The category VFT will be applied to measure the participant's language and executive function, with a higher score indicates better performance.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)
Performance changes of the Trail Making Test Form A/B (TMT-A/B).	TMT-A/B will be applied to measure participant's attention and executive function. The number of seconds to complete each trial and the number of errors would be recorded, with a higher value indicating greater impairment.	baseline, post-treatment (6 months), follow-up (12 months)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Pei-Ning Wang, M.D., Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 19, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 19, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 11, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): November 14, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 14, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 12, 2023
• Last Verified: November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; Neuroinflammation; mild cognitive impairment; lifestyle; Subjective Memory Complaint
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2019-06-002A

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No