Theory-Driven Manualized Approach to Improving New Learning and Memory in Healthy Aging and MCI
ConditionAging
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age60+
SponsorKessler Foundation
About this trial
The purpose of this research study is to investigate the effectiveness of a memory enhancement technique in an aging population.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
read and speak English fluently
Disqualifiers
prior stroke or neurological injury/disease (i.e. traumatic brain injury, Multiple Sclerosis, or Stroke).
history of significant psychiatric illness (for example, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis).
significant alcohol or drug abuse history (inpatient treatment).
Benzodiazepines and steroid use
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
STEM
BehavioralMemory technique training
Treatment groups
40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Experimental groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control groupPlacebo comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Verbal Leaning task
Change in total score from Open-Trial Selective Reminding Test (OT-SRT)
Time frame
Three points in time: pre-treatment, immediately following treatment, and 6- months after treatment is completed]2
Participation in Everyday life
Change in total score from Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools
Time frame
Three points in time: pre-treatment, immediately following treatment, and 6- months after treatment is completed]Secondary outcomes
1
Functional Neuroimaging
Change in total scores from memory task during fMRI scan
Time frame
Two points in time: pre-treatment, immediately following treatmentSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov