Clinical trials: Cognitive Enhancement
Neurologic Manifestations, Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Training Cognitive Control Processes in Older Adults
Control processes are classes of brain activity that initiate, coordinate, synchronize, and regulate elemental cognitive functions for the conduct of goal-directed behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT00586638
- Testing
- Video game based training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Time-in-bed Restriction in Older Adults With Sleep Difficulties With and Without Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease affects approximately 5.6 million adults over age 65, with costs expected to rise from $307 billion to $1.5 trillion over the next 30 years.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Sleep, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- ALPS (NCT05138848)
- Testing
- Time in Bed Restriction, Sleep Schedule
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Multiple Sclerosis, Performance Enhancement
Effects of DHA in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
This clinical trial will investigate the effects of combining therapeutic exercise with DHA supplementation in 100 patients with multiple sclerosis using a randomized controlled design.
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Performance Enhancement, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, Strength Outcomes
- Trial name
- DHAME (NCT07346703)
- Testing
- Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Dietary Supplement, Sunflower Oil
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Francisco Javier Martínez Noguera
Healthy Aging
Using Teleneuropsychology to Optimize Cognition in Healthy Aging: the Web-based Breakfast Game
Executive control processes involve initiate, coordinate, synchronize, and regulate elemental cognitive functions for the conduct of goal-directed behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT05506852
- Testing
- Web-based training strategy, Web-based regular training (no strategy)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Cognitive Enhancement, Aging
Training to Enhance Cognition in Older Adults
This is a planning project with a clinical trial pilot to prepare for a larger fully powered clinical trial. Goals of this pilot project are: to identify and address any modifications of the games required for adaptation to…
- Trial name
- NCT03900702
- Testing
- Gaze-driven training games
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jeanne Townsend, PhD
Physical Functioning, Cognitive Functioning
Group Recreation to Enhance Function Aging
Investigators will develop and deliver a community-based recreation program, delivering group artmaking and group SMARTfit dual-task exergaming to community-dwelling older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07050589
- Testing
- Exercise and art
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Cognitive Enhancement
Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Stimulation to Enhance Cognition in Healthy Participants
This study examines the impact of theta-burst transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (tFUS) on cognitive performance in healthy participants, specifically focusing on both acute and post-stimulation effects on visual working…
- Trial name
- NCT06829368
- Testing
- Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Stimulation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Alzheimer Disease, Memory Disorders
Virtual Reality Cognitive Stimulation for Alzheimer's
This study aims to evaluate whether immersive virtual reality (VR) can improve cognitive function and memory in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- Trial name
- CODDI (NCT07645638)
- Testing
- Virtual reality
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Burgos
Stress Response, Multitasking Behavior
Can Cranberry Juice Enhance the Cognition Accuracy and Alleviate Negative Mental Consequences During Multitasking?
This clinical trial aims to investigate the effects of a 70-day consumption of cranberry juice on cognitive and motor accuracy, mental and physiological stress, and stress response in healthy men and women between the ages of 30…
- Conditions
- Stress Response, Multitasking Behavior, Mental Stress, Physiological Stress
- Trial name
- NCT06066619
- Testing
- Cranberry Juice A, Cranberry Juice B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Phobic Disorders
D-Cycloserine to Enhance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Acrophobia
The purpose of this study is to investigate the utility of post-session administration of D-cycloserine to enhance fear extinction in a sample of people with acrophobia who will be treated with CBT.
- Trial name
- NCT01102803
- Testing
- Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), D-Cycloserine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southern Methodist University
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Water-based Activity to Enhance Recall in Veterans
This two-year study will evaluate the feasibility of an exercise training augmentation for cognitive training intervention to improve memory performance in Veterans with a diagnosis of amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI).
- Trial name
- WATER-VET (NCT02614092)
- Testing
- Water-based Activity + Cognitive Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Healthy, Young Adults
Remote Limb Ischemic Conditioning to Enhance Learning and Muscle Strength in Healthy Young Adults
The purpose of this research study is to determine if remote limb ischemic conditioning (RLIC) can enhance learning of a motor (balance) and an ecologically valid, complex cognitive-motor (driving) task, and increase skeletal…
- Trial name
- NCT03512028
- Testing
- RLIC, Muscle strength training, Driving training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Enhancement of Cerebral Vasoreactivity and Cognition by Intranasal Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes
Our goal is to determine the acute effects of intranasal insulin on regional perfusion and cognition of older adults. We propose a pilot study to examine the effect of a single dose of intranasal insulin on regional…
- Trial name
- NCT01206322
- Testing
- Intranasal insulin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Presymptomatic Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Digitally-enhanced, Decentralized, Multi-omics Observational Cohort
The study is carried out as part of the GR2021 Priority project "Healthy Brains for life (Age 20-99): Digitally-enhanced personalized medicine study ANANEOS" and code numbered GR-00546 and it will look at the decentralized and…
- Conditions
- Presymptomatic Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Memory Loss (Excluding Dementia), Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- ANANEOS (NCT04701177)
- Testing
- Teleph0s digital phenotyping platform
- Where
- 4 sites in Greece, Spain
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Greece 2021 Committee
Aging
Cognitive Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Older Adults
This research is being done to determine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve certain mental abilities.
- Trial name
- NCT01611103
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Alzheimer's Disease
Neuroplasticity Enhancement From Cognitive Training Reinforced by Psilocybin
Background: Normal aging, as well as dementias such as Alzheimer s disease, can cause changes in the brain that affect memory, attention, and thinking.
- Trial name
- NCT07721467
- Testing
- Psilocybin, Cognitive Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Reaction Time, Alertness
tFUS to Enhance Alertness and Performance
The investigators goal is to target FUS energy to the centromedian nucleus of the thalamus (CMT), the core of arousal, which is inaccessible by traditional non-invasive neuromodulation devices.
- Trial name
- NCT06461221
- Testing
- Transcranial Focused Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Aging
Cognitive Enhancement and Risk-reduction Through Exercise for Brain-Related Outcomes
As the population ages, it is also growing more diverse. Twelve percent of older Latinos are currently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and it is estimated that the number of Latinos with AD will increase by 832% by 2060.
- Trial name
- CEREBRO (NCT05588778)
- Testing
- BAILAMOS™ @home/en casa, ¡En Forma y Fuerte! @home/en casa
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Measuring Cognitive Enhancement During Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments
The aim of the current study was to examine the effect of short-term HBOT (hyperbaric oxygen treatments) on a range of cognitive abilities.
- Trial name
- NCT04358796
- Testing
- Hyperbaric oxygent treatment, Control hyperbaric oxygen treatment
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center
Social Anxiety Disorder
Yohimbine to Enhance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Social Anxiety
The purpose of this study is to investigate the utility of Yohimbine hydrochloride for facilitating fear extinction in a sample of patients with social phobia who will be treated with CBT.
- Trial name
- NCT00958880
- Testing
- Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Yohimbine Hydrochloride, Sugar Pill
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southern Methodist University