Clinical trials: Alteration of Cognitive Function
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
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
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.
Dementia Prevention, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Brain Health Support Program
The Canadian Therapeutic Platform Trial for Multidomain Interventions to Prevent Dementia (CAN-THUMBS UP, or CTU) is a comprehensive and innovative program aimed to develop, implement and evaluate an interactive and compelling…
- Conditions
- Dementia Prevention, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Subjective Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- CTU: BHSP (NCT05347966)
- Testing
- Brain Health PRO
- Where
- 7 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 354 people
- Sponsor
- Baycrest
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Brain Energy Metabolism and Sleep in Adults
The three primary goals of this pilot will be followed by a secondary goal to test if dental intervention improves brain health in terms of sleep and cognition. The primary and secondary goals are 1.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Change, Energy Metabolism
- Trial name
- NCT03929302
- Testing
- MyTAP oral appliance plus mouth shield
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Cognitive Dysfunction, Covid19
Improving Cognitive Health in COVID-19 Survivors
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the efficacy of AKL-T01, a remotely-delivered digital cognitive intervention, relative to a waitlist control in improving cognitive functioning in COVID-19 survivors.
- Trial name
- NCT04843930
- Testing
- AKL-T01
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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
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
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
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
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