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Development and Evaluation of Computerized Olfactory Training Program for Cognitive Decline in Early Alzheimer's Disease

12 maggio 2022 aggiornato da: Evon Medics LLC

Development and Evaluation of Computerized Olfactory Training Program (COT) for Cognitive Decline in Early Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

The purpose of this study is to determine whether daily treatment with this new treatment approach, called COT would be effective in protecting the memory and brain regions of people who are already showing signs of memory loss.

Panoramica dello studio

Stato

Reclutamento

Condizioni

Intervento / Trattamento

Descrizione dettagliata

Alzheimer's disease process starts in parts of the brain used for perceiving and interpreting smell many years before people begin to lose their memory and other cognitive functions. These parts of the brain are called the "olfactory regions." From these olfactory regions, Alzheimer's disease spread to involve other parts of the brain. Scientists have shown that stimulating the olfactory regions through exposure to multiple naturally occurring essential or plant oils help to reduce the brain changes of Alzheimer's disease in animals. Also, many components from these plant oils have been shown to protect nerve cells from various kinds of stress and injuries; and we say they are 'neuroprotective'. A novel home-based olfactory chemosensory stimulation program that uses a portable, programmed, device known as the Computerized Olfactory Training (COT) program, administers olfactory psychophysical tasks while patients are being stimulated repeatedly with neuroprotective olfactory stimulants, using neuroscience-guided stimulation parameters to ensure sustained activation of all primary and secondary olfactory structures.

Tipo di studio

Interventistico

Iscrizione (Anticipato)

200

Fase

  • Fase 2

Contatti e Sedi

Questa sezione fornisce i recapiti di coloro che conducono lo studio e informazioni su dove viene condotto lo studio.

Contatto studio

Backup dei contatti dello studio

Luoghi di studio

  • Stati Uniti
    • District of Columbia
      • Washington, District of Columbia, Stati Uniti, 20002
        • Reclutamento
        • Clinics of Dr. Edwin Chapman @ MHDG
        • Contatto:
      • Washington, District of Columbia, Stati Uniti, 20020
        • Reclutamento
        • Family and Medical Counseling Service, Inc
        • Contatto:
      • Washington, District of Columbia, Stati Uniti, 20060
        • Reclutamento
        • Howard University (HU)
        • Contatto:

Criteri di partecipazione

I ricercatori cercano persone che corrispondano a una certa descrizione, chiamata criteri di ammissibilità. Alcuni esempi di questi criteri sono le condizioni generali di salute di una persona o trattamenti precedenti.

Criteri di ammissibilità

Età idonea allo studio

Da 55 anni a 95 anni (Adulto, Adulto più anziano)

Accetta volontari sani

No

Sessi ammissibili allo studio

Tutto

Descrizione

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age 55-95 years; female must be post-menopausal for ≥ 2 consecutive years
  2. Probable mild AD according to the core clinical criteria outlined in the National Institute on Aging/Alzheimer's Association (NIA-AA) Guidelines
  3. MMSE score between the range of 21 to 27; CDR score of 1.0 (mild AD); scores on Logical Memory II subscale (Delayed Recall) from the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS) within the recommended education-adjusted ranges
  4. Have either cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Aβ42 levels that are consistent with Alzheimer's disease as measured via mass spectrometry by C2N, or document elevated amyloid burden consistent with Alzheimer's disease from positron emission tomography (PET) imaging
  5. Screening MRI without evidence of infection, infarction, or other focal lesions of neurological disease; and no significant nasal disease.
  6. All participants must have a study partner with normal cognitive function.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Any significant neurologic disease
  2. Major psychiatric disorder within the past 2 years
  3. Substance use disorder within the past 2 years
  4. Any unstable medical condition
  5. Contraindications to MRI
  6. Any Alzheimer's disease modifying therapy (DMT) in the past 6 months
  7. Antipsychotics, anticholinergics, anticonvulsants, and other antidepressants, benzodiazepines, or other psychotropic medications and blood thinners, except for aspirin at a prophylactic dose or less.

Piano di studio

Questa sezione fornisce i dettagli del piano di studio, compreso il modo in cui lo studio è progettato e ciò che lo studio sta misurando.

Come è strutturato lo studio?

Dettagli di progettazione

  • Scopo principale: Prevenzione
  • Assegnazione: Randomizzato
  • Modello interventistico: Assegnazione parallela
  • Mascheramento: Quadruplicare

Armi e interventi

Gruppo di partecipanti / Arm
Intervento / Trattamento
Comparatore attivo: Computerized Olfactory Training (COT) Device with olfactory stimulants
COT device with olfactory stimulants consists of daily 40 cycles of intervention with a combination of olfactory stimulation and training tasks, lasting ~45 minutes, delivered once daily over 6 months period by the participant or their partner/caregiver.
Droga: COT
The COT with proprietary odorant molecules is designed to stimulate olfactory neural activity over long periods of time combined with orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) dependent olfactory tasks.
Altri nomi:
  • COT with olfactory stimulants
Comparatore fittizio: Sham/COT Device
This is COT device that uses compressed room air scented with phenylethylamine (rose scent) instead of olfactory stimulants and has shape pattern matching tasks instead of cognitive tasks, in order to blind users to their treatment assignment. Similar to the COT, sham COT will be used daily for 45 minutes.
Droga: Sham
Sham COT uses artificially scented compressed room air instead of olfactory stimulants and has control cognitive olfactory tasks.
Altri nomi:
  • Sham COT

Cosa sta misurando lo studio?

Misure di risultato primarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Logical Memory II subscale (Delayed Paragraph Recall)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline
Measures patient's ability to recall information after a 20 to 30 minutes delay for story b from the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV (0-25). Higher scores indicate better performance. This is use for evaluation of forgetting or memory decay.
Baseline
Logical Memory II subscale (Delayed Paragraph Recall)
Lasso di tempo: 6 months
Measures patient's ability to recall information after a 20 to 30 minutes delay for story b from the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV (0-25). Higher scores indicate better performance. This is use for evaluation of forgetting or memory decay.
6 months
Logical Memory II subscale (Delayed Paragraph Recall)
Lasso di tempo: 9 months
Measures patient's ability to recall information after a 20 to 30 minutes delay for story b from the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV (0-25). Higher scores indicate better performance. This is use for evaluation of forgetting or memory decay.
9 months
ADCS-PACC composite score
Lasso di tempo: Baseline
Combines tests that assess episodic memory, timed executive function and global cognition. Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) PACC (ADAS-PACC) is a composite score of: The Total Recall score from the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) (range from 0-48 points), The Delayed Recall score on the Logical Memory IIa subtest from the Wechsler Memory Scale (range from 0-25 points), the Digit Symbol Substitution Test score from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (range from 0-93 points), and the MMSE score (range from 0-30 points). Each of the component change scores is divided by the baseline sample standard deviation of that component, to form standardized z scores. These z scores are summed to form the composite. Z Scores could range from -5 to +5 with higher scores indicating less deficit and lower scores indicating greater deficit.
Baseline
ADCS-PACC composite score
Lasso di tempo: 6 months
Combines tests that assess episodic memory, timed executive function and global cognition. Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) PACC (ADAS-PACC) is a composite score of: The Total Recall score from the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) (range from 0-48 points), The Delayed Recall score on the Logical Memory IIa subtest from the Wechsler Memory Scale (range from 0-25 points), the Digit Symbol Substitution Test score from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (range from 0-93 points), and the MMSE score (range from 0-30 points). Each of the component change scores is divided by the baseline sample standard deviation of that component, to form standardized z scores. These z scores are summed to form the composite. Z Scores could range from -5 to +5 with higher scores indicating less deficit and lower scores indicating greater deficit.
6 months
ADCS-PACC composite score
Lasso di tempo: 9 months
Combines tests that assess episodic memory, timed executive function and global cognition. Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) PACC (ADAS-PACC) is a composite score of: The Total Recall score from the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) (range from 0-48 points), The Delayed Recall score on the Logical Memory IIa subtest from the Wechsler Memory Scale (range from 0-25 points), the Digit Symbol Substitution Test score from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (range from 0-93 points), and the MMSE score (range from 0-30 points). Each of the component change scores is divided by the baseline sample standard deviation of that component, to form standardized z scores. These z scores are summed to form the composite. Z Scores could range from -5 to +5 with higher scores indicating less deficit and lower scores indicating greater deficit.
9 months
Olfactory Psychophysical Tasks scores
Lasso di tempo: Baseline
Using Sniffin' sticks, defines patient's olfactory threshold (T), discrimination (D) and identification (I). Scores: Male and Female threshold score (1-16); Male and Female discrimination score (4-16); Identification score (male: 3-16; female: 4-16); Threshold Discrimination Identification (TDI) composite score (male: 9-44; female: 11-43). Higher score indicates better olfactory performance.
Baseline
Olfactory Psychophysical Tasks scores
Lasso di tempo: 6 months
Using Sniffin' sticks, defines patient's olfactory threshold (T), discrimination (D) and identification (I). Scores: Male and Female threshold score (1-16); Male and Female discrimination score (4-16); Identification score (male: 3-16; female: 4-16); TDI composite score (male: 9-44; female: 11-43). Higher score indicates better olfactory performance.
6 months
Olfactory Psychophysical Tasks scores
Lasso di tempo: 9 months
Using Sniffin' sticks, defines patient's olfactory threshold (T), discrimination (D) and identification (I). Scores: Male and Female threshold score (1-16); Male and Female discrimination score (4-16); Identification score (male: 3-16; female: 4-16); TDI composite score (male: 9-44; female: 11-43). Higher score indicates better olfactory performance.
9 months
Changes in cortical thickness and grey matter volumes
Lasso di tempo: Baseline and 9 months
Defines as MRI imaging changes of the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex
Baseline and 9 months
Changes in subfield segmentations of the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex
Lasso di tempo: Baseline and 9 months
Using the Automatic Segmentation of Hippocampal subfields looking for changes in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex
Baseline and 9 months

Misure di risultato secondarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Changes in the scores of Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB) is a combination of widely used clinical neuropsychological tests measuring memory and executive function. he total Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB) executive function is a composite score obtained from averaging the following three z-scores from the NTB: Wechsler Memory Scale Digit Span, Controlled Word Association Test (COWAT), and Category Fluency Test (CFT). The range in z scores is from -3 to 3; higher scores indicating less executive function deficit.
Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
Changes in the scores of Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) measures cognitive function and includes tests of orientation, attention, memory, language and visual-spatial skills. MMSE range 0 - 30; higher scores indicating less deficit.
Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
Changes in the scores of CDR scale (CDR)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, 6 months and 9 months

Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR) is a 5- point scale used to characterize six domains of cognitive and functional performance (Memory, Orientation, Judgment & Problem Solving, Community Affairs, Home & Hobbies, and Personal Care) applicable to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

CDR Score is the sum of boxes scores range from 0 - 18; higher scores indicating worse deficit.
Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
Changes in the scores of Global Deterioration Scale(GDS)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
GDS provides an overview of the stages of cognitive function for those suffering from primary degenerative dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) scores range from 0 - 30; higher scores indicating worse depression.
Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
Changes in the scores of Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
ADCS-ADL is used for assessment of patient's ability to perform activities of daily living. ADCS-ADL is a 23-item activities of daily with score range from 0 - 78; lower scores indicating greater impairment.
Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
Changes in the scores of Quality of Life scale (QOL)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
QOL measures satisfaction, perceptions of control, involvement, commitment and work-life balance, in terms of one's personal perception. QOL-AD score ranges from 13 - 52; higher scores indicating less deficit.
Baseline, 6 months and 9 months
Changes in odor discrimination scores
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, 9 months
Odor discrimination score defines patient's ability to detect differences between odors.
Baseline, 9 months
Changes in the grey matter volumes of other structures of the primary olfactory cortex
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, 9 months
Primary olfactory region images will use MPRAGE MRI sequence for grey matter volume
Baseline, 9 months
Changes in the cortical thickness of other structures of the primary olfactory cortex
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, 9 months
Primary olfactory region images will use MPRAGE MRI sequence for cortical thickness
Baseline, 9 months

Collaboratori e investigatori

Qui è dove troverai le persone e le organizzazioni coinvolte in questo studio.

Sponsor

Evon Medics LLC

Collaboratori

Johns Hopkins University
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Howard University
Medical Home Development Group
Family and Medical Counseling Service, Inc

Investigatori

  • Investigatore principale: Evaristus Nwulia, MD, Evon Medics LLC

Studiare le date dei record

Queste date tengono traccia dell'avanzamento della registrazione dello studio e dell'invio dei risultati di sintesi a ClinicalTrials.gov. I record degli studi e i risultati riportati vengono esaminati dalla National Library of Medicine (NLM) per assicurarsi che soddisfino specifici standard di controllo della qualità prima di essere pubblicati sul sito Web pubblico.

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Inizio studio (Effettivo)

15 novembre 2021

Completamento primario (Anticipato)

1 aprile 2023

Completamento dello studio (Anticipato)

30 aprile 2023

Date di iscrizione allo studio

Primo inviato

28 settembre 2021

Primo inviato che soddisfa i criteri di controllo qualità

4 novembre 2021

Primo Inserito (Effettivo)

17 novembre 2021

Aggiornamenti dei record di studio

Ultimo aggiornamento pubblicato (Effettivo)

17 maggio 2022

Ultimo aggiornamento inviato che soddisfa i criteri QC

12 maggio 2022

Ultimo verificato

1 maggio 2022

Maggiori informazioni

Termini relativi a questo studio

Parole chiave

Termini MeSH pertinenti aggiuntivi

Altri numeri di identificazione dello studio

  • COTAG061981
  • 2R44AG061981-03 (Sovvenzione/contratto NIH degli Stati Uniti)

Piano per i dati dei singoli partecipanti (IPD)

Hai intenzione di condividere i dati dei singoli partecipanti (IPD)?

NO

Informazioni su farmaci e dispositivi, documenti di studio

Studia un prodotto farmaceutico regolamentato dalla FDA degli Stati Uniti

Sì

Studia un dispositivo regolamentato dalla FDA degli Stati Uniti

No

prodotto fabbricato ed esportato dagli Stati Uniti

No

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