Exercise Training to Improve Cognitive Function

NCT ID: NCT03824639

Last Updated: 2024-02-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-04-23

Study Completion Date

2022-07-31

Brief Summary

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This project is assessing the feasibility of a novel home-based exercise intervention to improve episodic memory in individuals with mild cognitive impairment.

Detailed Description

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Background/Rationale:

Alzheimer's disease (AD) afflicts nearly 6 million Americans, a number projected to grow in coming decades. AD is known to have a long preclinical phase in which pathophysiologic processes develop many years, even decades, before the onset of clinical symptoms. During this preclinical phase there is evidence of unremitting decline in cognitive function, particularly in episodic memory. Thus far, evidence of the efficacy of pharmacological interventions to slow this decline in cognitive function has been limited, leading to increasing interest in the utility of nonpharmacological interventions including exercise.

Objective:

The investigators propose to assess the feasibility of a novel home-based exercise intervention to improve episodic memory in Veterans with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Methods:

The investigators will estimate the difference between the intervention (n=30) and the control group (n=30) on 6-month change in episodic memory (Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, Wechsler Logical Memory Test) as well as the effect size, which will be used as a basis for sample size calculation for a proposed larger study. Participants will be male and female Veterans 50 years of age or older with amnestic MCI.

Conditions

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Mild Cognitive Impairment

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Exercise group

Structured exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Structured exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Exercise instruction and encouragement

Control group

Health education

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Health Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Provision of general information about a variety of health topics

Interventions

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Structured exercise

Exercise instruction and encouragement

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Health Education

Provision of general information about a variety of health topics

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Amnestic MCI
* Ability to use a telephone without assistance

Exclusion Criteria

* Angina Pectoris
* History of myocardial infarction within 6 months
* History of ventricular dysrhythmia requiring current therapy
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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VA Office of Research and Development

FED

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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David Sparrow, DSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA

Locations

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VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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E2545-P

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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