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Cognitive Training to Promote Brain Health: Implementation and Engagement

24 de enero de 2018 actualizado por: Rogerio Panizzutti, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Cognition encompasses memory, attention, language and other brain capacities that are necessary for good quality of life and independence. Age-related cognitive decline starts at the third decade of life and in some cases can start to impact daily functioning in the late forties. Dementia is the most devastating consequence associated with age-related cognitive decline. Recent studies indicate that improving cognition by means of intensive computerized brain training can mitigate some aspects of agerelated cognitive decline, and may even have a role in preventing or delaying dementia onset. Critically, the capacity of a given individual to improve their cognitive performance after training is fundamentally related to engagement with the exercises. Currently, little is known about how to apply intensive computerized cognitive training effectively in the health system, ensuring engagement and best progress. This project aims to tackle this challenge by developing, applying and testing personalized approaches to implement cognitive training in daily life of older adults that were recently evaluated at Memory Clinics and their care partners. The community readiness approach will be implemented using semi-structured interviews, conducted with subjects that may be interested in cognitive training, key informant, and key stakeholders. Using this information, the investigators will design an individualized training program and follow up its application in a feasibility trial. Twenty participants, recently evaluated at different Memory Clinics in Ireland, will be recruited, interviewed and invited to engage, over the ensuing 2 to 3 months, in computerized cognitive training. Subjects will be assessed after completion of the intervention for training adherence and individual gains on the computerized exercises. In order to gain insight about regional specificities of the approach the investigators will perform a parallel project using the same methodology in Brazil. This project is expected to inform the future implementation of cognitive training in public health policies for older adults.

Descripción general del estudio

Estado

Desconocido

Tipo de estudio

Intervencionista

Inscripción (Anticipado)

50

Fase

  • Fase 2

Contactos y Ubicaciones

Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.

Estudio Contacto

  • Nombre: Rogerio A Panizzutti, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Número de teléfono: +552139386390
  • Correo electrónico: rogerio@icb.ufrj.br

Copia de seguridad de contactos de estudio

Ubicaciones de estudio

      • Dublin, Irlanda, D8
        • Reclutamiento
        • St James Hospital
        • Contacto:

Criterios de participación

Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.

Criterio de elegibilidad

Edades elegibles para estudiar

  • Niño
  • Adulto
  • Adulto Mayor

Acepta Voluntarios Saludables

No

Géneros elegibles para el estudio

Todos

Descripción

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being evaluated at a memory clinic in the last year, or be the care partner of a person evaluated at a memory clinic
  • Adequate visual and auditory acuity to allow practice on the computerized training exercises
  • Physical ability sufficient to allow performance of the computerized training exercises
  • Provide signed and dated informed consent form.
  • Willing to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any medical condition that precludes performing the computerized training exercises
  • Advanced dementia.

Plan de estudios

Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.

¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?

Detalles de diseño

  • Propósito principal: Prevención
  • Asignación: N / A
  • Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación de un solo grupo
  • Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)

Armas e Intervenciones

Grupo de participantes/brazo
Intervención / Tratamiento
Experimental: Cognitive training
Posit Science Inc. will supply the software for the computerized cognitive training through the platform BrainHQ, which is available on line. The training program consists of a set of computerized exercises designed to improve the speed and accuracy of sensory information processing while engaging neuromodulatory systems involved in attention and reward. The rationale is that, in order to understand and remember information, the brain must first generate precise and reliable neurological responses that represent the sensory stimuli. These exercises continuously adjust the difficulty level to user performance to maintain an approximately 85% rate of correct responses. Trials with correct responses are rewarded with points and animations. The goal is to increase the effectiveness with which these stimuli engage and drive plastic changes in brain systems. Engagement is monitored by electronic data upload following each training session.

¿Qué mide el estudio?

Medidas de resultado primarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Engagement
Periodo de tiempo: 3 months
will be defined as a continuous variable (number of hours of training completed by the participant).
3 months

Medidas de resultado secundarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Individual gains on the computerized exercises
Periodo de tiempo: 3 months
The computerized cognitive training platform, called BrainHQ, provided by Posit Science Inc, provides one measure of the individual gains on the computerized exercises with training.
3 months
Quantitative measure of motivation with the computerized training exercise
Periodo de tiempo: 3 months
Motivation will be assessed by the quantitative score provided by the Adapted Ultrech Engagement Scale - UWES. The Utrecht Engagement Scale has 17 items that are scored on a 7-point Likert scale indicating the frequency with which engagement at a given activity happens in the situations described in each item (0 indicates "never" and 6 "always"). The factors Vigor and Concentration have six items each and the factor Dedication has 5 items. The final score of the Engagement corresponds to the sum of the scores on the three factors.
3 months
Qualitative motivation with the computerized training exercise
Periodo de tiempo: 3 months
Qualitative motivation will be assessed using semi-structured interview.
3 months
Training adherence (dichotomic variable)
Periodo de tiempo: 3 months
Training adherence will be defined as training more than 10 hours
3 months

Colaboradores e Investigadores

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Fechas de registro del estudio

Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados ​​por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.

Fechas importantes del estudio

Inicio del estudio (Actual)

12 de enero de 2018

Finalización primaria (Anticipado)

31 de diciembre de 2019

Finalización del estudio (Anticipado)

31 de diciembre de 2019

Fechas de registro del estudio

Enviado por primera vez

12 de enero de 2018

Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

22 de enero de 2018

Publicado por primera vez (Actual)

24 de enero de 2018

Actualizaciones de registros de estudio

Última actualización publicada (Actual)

26 de enero de 2018

Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad

24 de enero de 2018

Última verificación

1 de enero de 2018

Más información

Términos relacionados con este estudio

Otros números de identificación del estudio

  • GBHI_ALZ-18-544160

Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio

Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.

No

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