Clinical trials: Alteration of Cognitive Function
Cognitive Change
Impact of Challenging Engagement on Cognition in Older Adults
The study will enroll 90 participants in the "Impact of Challenging Engagement" study and assign them to one of three groups: high-demand photography, moderate-demand photography, and active placebo.
- Trial name
- engAGE (NCT03962439)
- Testing
- High-Demand Photography, Moderate-Demand Photography, At-Home Engagement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Cognitive Change
Patient Centered-Rehabilitation ver111090.1
As we age, a number of factors can reduce our cognitive (or thinking) abilities. This study will evaluate whether transcranial electrical stimulation (TES), which uses small amounts of electricity to modulate brain functioning…
- Trial name
- PCN1 (NCT03034954)
- Testing
- Active HD-tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Sedentary Behavior, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Combined Effects of Prolonged Sitting and Mental Stress on the Cardiovascular System
Prolonged sitting may pose a public health risk through its effects on the cardiovascular system, and may lead to impaired whole-body cardiovascular health, which includes both vascular and cerebrovascular function.
- Conditions
- Sedentary Behavior, Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Mental Stress, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- NCT04207333
- Testing
- Mental Arithmetic Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Parkinson Disease, Impaired Cognition
Cognitive Training in Parkinson Study
This study evaluates the efficacy of an eight-week online cognitive training program on objective and subjective cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Impaired Cognition, Alteration in Cognition
- Trial name
- cogtips (NCT02920632)
- Testing
- Online cognitive training 1, Online cognitive training 2
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 167 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Major Depressive Disorder, Cognitive Change
THINC-it Vortioxetine - Sensitivity to Change
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity of the THINC-it tool, in measuring change in cognitive deficits in individuals with MDD after receiving vortioxetine.
- Trial name
- NCT03053362
- Testing
- Vortioxetine, THINC-it Tool
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brain and Cognition Discovery Foundation
Cognitive Change
Examining the Effectiveness of Cognitive Training
The present study addresses whether placebo effects can possibly account for previous findings in the field, as well as ascertains whether placebo-based mechanisms can be deliberately harnessed for impact.
- Trial name
- NCT04344028
- Testing
- True Cognitive Training Program, Control Cognitive Training Program, Positive Expectation Induction
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 287 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Alteration of Cognitive Function, Dietary Modification
Cognitive Health Promotion Project in the Community
This study was based on baseline data derived from a large prospective study called the Suwon Project (SP), a cohort comprising random clustering samples of elderly people, all of whom are ethnic Koreans aged over 60 years.
- Trial name
- NCT01012947
- Testing
- Lifestyle Counseling Usual Care, Lifestyle Counseling Telephone, Bimonth, Lifestyle Counseling Telephone, Month
- Volunteers
- 1,115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ajou University School of Medicine
Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive Impairment
CAMCI: Advancing the Use of Computerized Screening in Healthcare
Cognitive impairment is a significant health problem in the United States, resulting in costs over $100 billion a year. We will provide an efficient, effective, and financially intelligent solution to Primary Care Physician's to…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- NCT03512301
- Testing
- CAMCI, MoCA, Clinical Adjudication
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 773 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Psychology Software Tools, Inc.
Cognitive Change, Health Behavior
A Multidomain Approach to Preventing Dementia in African Americans: Cognitive Prescriptions
The goal of this R21 study is to explore the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of individualized cognitive prescriptions (CogRxs) in improving engagement in healthy behaviors and other outcomes in middle-aged AAs and to gain…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Change, Health Behavior, Health Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT03864536
- Testing
- Cognitive Prescriptions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alzheimer's Disease
Dose Response Study of Aerobic Exercise in Older Adults
This is a randomized, 26-week study of supervised exercise assessing three doses of exercise in sedentary individuals 65 years of age and over with age-related cognitive changes.
- Trial name
- NCT01129115
- Testing
- Nonexercise control group, Aerobic Exercise Group 1, Aerobic Exercise Group 2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jeff Burns, MD
Cognitive Change
Transcranial Near-Infrared Light in Healthy Subjects: a Cerebral Blood Flow Study With Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy
Transcranial Light Therapy involves non-invasive and invisible beams of light that increase energy metabolism in the brain. Transcranial light therapy has been found to promote brain metabolism.
- Trial name
- NIR-Flow (NCT03740152)
- Testing
- Transcranial Light Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Memory Loss, Cognitive Changes
Aging and Estrogen on Cortical Function
This study will focus on how estrogen affects parts of the brain associated with memory and how the effect of estrogen is altered with aging in postmenopausal women.
- Conditions
- Memory Loss, Cognitive Changes, Postmenopausal Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT01268046
- Testing
- Estradiol oral capsule, transderman estrogen patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Brain and Cognitive Changes After Reasoning Training in Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Individuals aged 55 and older may experience negative effects of cognitive decline. The proposed research seeks to evaluate the benefits of different types of interventions: reasoning training following transcranial direct…
- Trial name
- NCT02596906
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Cannabis Use, Cognitive Change
Cognitive Recovery With Cannabis Abstinence Among High School-Aged Adolescents
This study will use a randomized controlled design to test whether 30 days of cannabis abstinence, compared to 30 days of monitoring, is associated with improvements in cognitive functioning.
- Conditions
- Cannabis Use, Cognitive Change, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03276221
- Testing
- Abstinence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Aging, Cognitive Change
Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Apolipoprotein E Genotype, and Cognitive Functions: A Prospective Study
The current research project aims to investigate the interaction of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and the ApoE genotype with neurocognitive functions.
- Trial name
- NCT05652140
- Testing
- Data collections
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan Normal University
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Change
Conversations as a Means to Delay the Onset of Alzheimer's Disease
Past epidemiological studies have demonstrated that larger social networks, or more frequent social interactions, could have potential protective effects on the incidence of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
- Trial name
- conversation (NCT01571427)
- Testing
- Active social engagement group, Control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Aging, Cognitive Change
Enhancing Cognitive Control Abilities Using Mobile Technology in a Senior Living Community
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility of launching a personalized digital health assessment and remediation program for the older adults in senior living communities based upon an initial characterization of these…
- Trial name
- ACCT (NCT04905849)
- Testing
- Adaptive Cognitive Control Trainer (ACCT), Active Control App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Diet Modification, Cognitive Decline
Multicultural Healthy Diet to Reduce Cognitive Decline
This is a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial is designed to investigate whether the Multicultural Healthy Diet (MHD), an anti-Inflammatory diet tailored to a multi-cultural population, can improve cognitive functioning in…
- Conditions
- Diet Modification, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- MHD (NCT03240406)
- Testing
- Multicultural Healthy Diet, Usual Diet plus Self-Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 393 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine