Clinical trials: Brain Health Activities
Cognitive Aging, Adverse Childhood Experiences
Physical Exercise for Augmenting Cognitive Health (PEACH)
PEACH is a pilot project which is being conducted to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a 12-week home-based exercise intervention among Black and African American adults.
- Trial name
- PEACH (NCT04922710)
- Testing
- Home-based aerobic exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Jamaica
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Parkinson Disease
Walking and mHealth to Increase Participation in Parkinson Disease
Identifying effective ways to improve function, slow decline and reduce disability is a high priority for people living with Parkinson disease and other chronic conditions.
- Trial name
- WHIPPD (NCT03517371)
- Testing
- mHealth delivered exercise program, Exercise only
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Physical Disability, Cognitive Impairment
Improving Aging in Place in Subsidized Housing
This pilot study will evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of an adapted version of the Function Focused Care intervention, delivered by telephone, for improving aging in place for older adults living in…
- Conditions
- Physical Disability, Cognitive Impairment, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- NCT04212442
- Testing
- Independent Living Program for Affordable Housing.
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Cerebral Palsy
Telehealth Virtual Reality Gaming on Cardiometabolic Health Among Youth With Cerebral Palsy
The primary purpose of this study is to examine the preliminary efficacy of 12-weeks of home-based exercise using consumer available virtual reality gaming technology, compared with a 12 week wait-list control group.
- Trial name
- NCT05336227
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Exergaming
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Cognitive Decline
Efficacy of a Multimodal Brain Health Intervention for Older African Americans
This study tests the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a multimodal intervention (walking, social engagement, and reminiscence), including the use of wearable digital biomarkers, for cognitively healthy and mildly…
- Trial name
- SHARP (NCT04863378)
- Testing
- Walking conversational reminiscence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Alzheimer Disease
Socially Assistive Robots for Interaction With Older Adults With Dementia
A 12-month pilot study will be comprised of two groups of people diagnosed with mild Alzheimer's disease and related dementia for a total of 80 senior subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT04384978
- Testing
- Play Serious Games with a Social Robot (Ryan), Play Solitary Games Without a Social Robot
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- DreamFace Technologies, LLC
Aging
Aerobic Exercise and Cerebrovascular Function
This proposal will evaluate two brain health measures, cerebrovascular perfusion and cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR), before and after a proven, interval-based, aerobic exercise intervention in older Veterans.
- Trial name
- NCT03803904
- Testing
- Spin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Sedentary Lifestyle
Exercise Effects on Brain Health and Learning From Minutes to Months
Given the accelerating growth of older adults worldwide and the decline in cognitive function with aging, therapeutics that remediate age-related cognitive decline are needed more than ever.
- Trial name
- EXTEND (NCT03114150)
- Testing
- Cardiorespiratory fitness training, Functional fitness training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michelle W. Voss
HIV
Exercise Training to Improve Brain Health in Older HIV+ Individuals
Management and treatment of older persons living with HIV (PLWH) (≥ 40 years old) is becoming increasingly more complex as a majority is greater than 40 years old.
- Trial name
- Ex/HIV (NCT02663934)
- Testing
- Exercise, Stretching and Social Interaction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Dementia
User-Led Meaningful Activity and Early-Stage Dementia
Neuropsychiatric symptoms are the most difficult, distressing, and burdensome aspects of dementia care and a catalyst for long-term care placement.
- Trial name
- NCT05159869
- Testing
- User-Led Meaningful Activity Plan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Health Personnel, Stress
Cereset Research In Healthcare Workers During COVID-19
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of Cereset Research to improve the symptoms of stress in healthcare workers in an open label, waitlist controlled pilot clinical trial, during the period of COVID-19.
- Conditions
- Health Personnel, Stress, Anxiety, Insomnia
- Trial name
- NCT04682197
- Testing
- Cereset Research
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Alzheimer's Disease, Aging
aeRobic Exercise and Cognitive Health
The purpose of the aeRobic Exercise and Cognitive Health (REACH) study is to understand how an aerobic exercise intervention might help promote brain health and cognition, thereby delaying the onset of clinical symptoms of…
- Trial name
- REACH (NCT02384993)
- Testing
- Enhanced Physical Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Cardiovascular Diseases
Exercise, Brain, and Cardiovascular Health
eBACH is a randomized intervention to determine the effects of aerobic exercise on brain structure and function, as well as to determine how exercise-induced training effects relate to cardiovascular function via related brain…
- Trial name
- eBACH (NCT03841669)
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise Group, Physical Activity & Health Information Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Diabetes, Myocardial Infarction
Look AHEAD: Action for Health in Diabetes
The Look AHEAD study is a multi-center, randomized clinical trial to examine the long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention designed to achieve and maintain weight loss.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Kidney Diseases
- Trial name
- LookAHEAD (NCT00017953)
- Testing
- Lifestyle Intervention, Diabetes Support and Education
- Where
- 18 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,145 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Stroke, Brain Infarction
Intervention Effectiveness Towards Improving Physical and Mental Health for Post-stroke Patients.
This was a multi-intervention randomized controlled trial that aimed to develop a management pattern for stroke survivors. The program consisted of monitoring the recovery process, early detecting the physical and mental…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Brain Infarction, Brain Ischemia, Cerebral Infarction
- Trial name
- NCT04941482
- Testing
- Periodic health check program for post-stroke, Guiding the appropriate rehabilitation exercises, Motivational Interviewing
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 92 people
- Sponsor
- Hanoi Medical University
Myocardial Infarction, Stroke
Women's Health Initiative Strong and Healthy Study
The WHISH trial applies state-of-the science behavioral principles and currently available technologies to deliver a physical activity intervention without face-to-face contact to ~25,000 older U.S. women expected to consent.
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Cardiovascular Mortality, Hip Fractures
- Trial name
- WHISH (NCT02425345)
- Testing
- Physical Activity
- Volunteers
- 49,331 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Parkinson's Disease
Aerobic Exercise in Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is an incurable brain illness that afflicts more than one million Americans, including many aging Veterans.
- Trial name
- LTAE-PD (NCT03808675)
- Testing
- Aerobic walking, Usual care with PD specific health education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stress, Anxiety
Cereset Research Long-Term Healthcare Worker Study
Randomized, controlled study of long-term maintenance Cereset Research after an initial 4-session intervention bolus versus usual care control following an initial 4-session intervention bolus.
- Conditions
- Stress, Anxiety, Autonomic Dysregulation, Acoustic Stimulation
- Trial name
- LT-HW (NCT05994261)
- Testing
- Cereset Research
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Physical Activity, Aging
Independent Walking for Brain Health
Physical activity interventions with older adults can improve brain health; however most interventions have been performed in gym-like settings that reach a small sector of the senior population.
- Trial name
- NCT03058146
- Testing
- Mobile Health Walking Condition, Healthy Aging Education Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Epilepsy
Steps for Epilepsy
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the feasibility of a 12-week, telehealth delivered, step-goal based physical activity intervention in people with epilepsy.
- Trial name
- StEpi (NCT05359003)
- Testing
- 12-week Physical Activity Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences