The Cognitive and spOrt Virtual EPIC Training Study

NCT ID: NCT04635462

Last Updated: 2023-11-13

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

127 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-05-18

Study Completion Date

2022-05-18

Brief Summary

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The proposed COVEPIC trial is designed to document the effects of remote monitoring of physical exercise and home-based cognitive training on cognitive and physical functions in older adults.

Detailed Description

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Due to the actual pandemic of COVID-19 around the world, social distancing is recommended, which causes a reduction of social interaction and physical activity. Therefore, this health crisis may have collateral effects on cognitive, physical, and psychological health, especially in elderly people who are more likely to be isolated, and for whom social distancing is of paramount importance. Physical exercise practice has been demonstrated to improve cognitive functioning, along with mobility and physical capacity, and to promote psychological well-being. This is the reason why governmental health authorities, as well as the scientific community recommend to stay physically active, especially in this pandemic period. However, in the current context full-time physical training in sport centres cannot be largely promoted. Effective solutions to help older adults in maintaining regular and efficient physical exercise while maintaining social distancing, are thus needed. Consequently, the current project proposes first to investigate the potential of a remote monitoring of physical activity to promote cognitive, physical and psychological health of older adults. Also, considering the added benefits of combining cognitive training to physical exercise to further enhance health and cognition in seniors, this project also addresses the added benefits of a multidomain intervention combining a physical exercise intervention with a home-based cognitive training.

Conditions

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Aging

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
This clinical trial is a single-blinded study. Research personnel performing the outcome assessments at baseline, three, six and twelve months will be blinded to group allocation. Participants will be aware of the type of training they receive.

Study Groups

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Multidomain intervention

The multidomain intervention will combine a remote monitoring of home-based cognitive training with physical exercise training for 6-month.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physical exercise training

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be encouraged to complete exercise training programs in the form of video capsules available via Facebook or Youtube, created by kinesiologists of the Montreal Heart Institut EPIC prevention center. The videos last about 15 minutes and include a warm-up of 3 to 5 minutes, followed a 10-minute training and finally a 2-minute cool-down period. The exercises on video do not require any equipment and integrate, depending on the video, aerobic, muscular strengthening, flexibility and/or balance exercises. Several intensities are described according to the participants' level. Participants will be invited to perform exercise sessions at least 5 times a week, and will be monitored weekly by phone by a member of the research team. The exercise sessions can be performed at home using the video training program, as well as in sports centre or outdoors. For each session, participants have to report its duration, intensity, and the nature of the activity via a follow-up agenda.

Cognitive training

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be encouraged to perform sessions of cognitive training 3 times per week (30 minutes/session). Two of these sessions will involve computer or tablet-based attentional control training targeting dual-tasking, updating and working memory, as well as inhibition and switching. Difficulty of cognitive training will be tailored to participants' performances. The remaining session will consist of memory training. Participants will be instructed different mnemotechnic, as well as be taught about memory in aging in general. The memory training will be provided by videos capsules. To track adherence to cognitive training, participants will be asked to complete a journal and mark days and times where they took part in the various cognitive training sessions.

Physical exercise intervention

The physical exercises intervention will include the remote monitoring of physical exercise training for 6-month.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physical exercise training

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants will be encouraged to complete exercise training programs in the form of video capsules available via Facebook or Youtube, created by kinesiologists of the Montreal Heart Institut EPIC prevention center. The videos last about 15 minutes and include a warm-up of 3 to 5 minutes, followed a 10-minute training and finally a 2-minute cool-down period. The exercises on video do not require any equipment and integrate, depending on the video, aerobic, muscular strengthening, flexibility and/or balance exercises. Several intensities are described according to the participants' level. Participants will be invited to perform exercise sessions at least 5 times a week, and will be monitored weekly by phone by a member of the research team. The exercise sessions can be performed at home using the video training program, as well as in sports centre or outdoors. For each session, participants have to report its duration, intensity, and the nature of the activity via a follow-up agenda.

Interventions

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Physical exercise training

Participants will be encouraged to complete exercise training programs in the form of video capsules available via Facebook or Youtube, created by kinesiologists of the Montreal Heart Institut EPIC prevention center. The videos last about 15 minutes and include a warm-up of 3 to 5 minutes, followed a 10-minute training and finally a 2-minute cool-down period. The exercises on video do not require any equipment and integrate, depending on the video, aerobic, muscular strengthening, flexibility and/or balance exercises. Several intensities are described according to the participants' level. Participants will be invited to perform exercise sessions at least 5 times a week, and will be monitored weekly by phone by a member of the research team. The exercise sessions can be performed at home using the video training program, as well as in sports centre or outdoors. For each session, participants have to report its duration, intensity, and the nature of the activity via a follow-up agenda.

Intervention Type OTHER

Cognitive training

Participants will be encouraged to perform sessions of cognitive training 3 times per week (30 minutes/session). Two of these sessions will involve computer or tablet-based attentional control training targeting dual-tasking, updating and working memory, as well as inhibition and switching. Difficulty of cognitive training will be tailored to participants' performances. The remaining session will consist of memory training. Participants will be instructed different mnemotechnic, as well as be taught about memory in aging in general. The memory training will be provided by videos capsules. To track adherence to cognitive training, participants will be asked to complete a journal and mark days and times where they took part in the various cognitive training sessions.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult aged 50 and older
* Have access to internet
* Have access to a tablet (i.e. iPad or Android) or a computer

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-cardiopulmonary limitation to exercise (e.g., arthritis)
* Severe exercise intolerance
* Respiratory disease (e.g., asthma, COPD, COVID-19)
* Mini Mental Scale Examination (MMSE) telephone version lower than 19/23
* Diagnostic of cardiovascular disease (e.g., chronic systolic and diastolic heart failure, somatic aortic stenosis, atrial fibrillation, malignant arrhythmias, documented atherosclerotic disease).
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Louis Bherer

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Louis Bherer

Associate scientific director, Direction of prevention, Montreal Heart Institute

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Louis Bherer, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Montreal Heart Institute

Locations

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Preventive medicine and physical activity centre (centre EPIC), Montreal Heart Institute

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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Other Identifiers

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2020-2785

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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