Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of ATNC-MDD V1(TMS With Cognitive Training) in Mild Alzheimer's Dementia

NCT ID: NCT06088121

Last Updated: 2025-10-03

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

158 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-05-15

Study Completion Date

2027-06-30

Brief Summary

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The study tests the effect of the ATNC MDD-V1 on Alzheimer patients' cognitive function. The ATNC MDD-V1 uses non-invasive stimulation of both magnetic and cognitive training.

Detailed Description

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The ATNC MDD-V1 system is a combined system of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and cognitive training and is a non-invasive therapeutic system for the improvement of Alzheimer patients' cognitive function.

A potential participant will undergo screening procedures to confirm eligibility to participate in the study, followed by randomization procedure to one of the study groups - treatment or sham (placebo) Patient will attend the clinic 5 times a week for 6 weeks, approximately an hour every day for treatment/sham. The patient will be required to return to the clinic for follow-up.

Up to 158 patients will be enrolled in up to 7 clinical sites in the Republic Korea.

Conditions

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Alzheimer's Disease Dementia Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Neurodegenerative Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders Mental Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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ATNC MDD-V1

ATNC MDD-V1 treatment, synchronized TMS and cognitive training stimulation

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

ATNC MDD-V1 (Real TMS + Real Cog)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Synchronized TMS and cognitive stimulation to 6 brain areas.

ATNC BN-V1

Intervention Type DEVICE

The navigation system is used to determine the exact brain location to be stimulated (coordinates for the stimulation point).

ATNC BN-V2

Intervention Type DEVICE

The navigation system is used to determine the exact brain location to be stimulated (coordinates for the stimulation point).

Sham TMS + Real Cog

The Control arm subjects will receive daily treatments five days a week for 6 consecutive weeks of Sham treatment of TMS and real cognitive training which is similar to the real treatment in visit frequency and procedure.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

ATNC MDD-V1 (Sham TMS + Real Cog)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham device, has the same appearance and sound as the real device, combined with real cognitive exercises. Patients come for the same number of sessions, delivers no real stimulation or cognitive training.

ATNC BN-V1

Intervention Type DEVICE

The navigation system is used to determine the exact brain location to be stimulated (coordinates for the stimulation point).

ATNC BN-V2

Intervention Type DEVICE

The navigation system is used to determine the exact brain location to be stimulated (coordinates for the stimulation point).

Interventions

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ATNC MDD-V1 (Real TMS + Real Cog)

Synchronized TMS and cognitive stimulation to 6 brain areas.

Intervention Type DEVICE

ATNC MDD-V1 (Sham TMS + Real Cog)

Sham device, has the same appearance and sound as the real device, combined with real cognitive exercises. Patients come for the same number of sessions, delivers no real stimulation or cognitive training.

Intervention Type DEVICE

ATNC BN-V1

The navigation system is used to determine the exact brain location to be stimulated (coordinates for the stimulation point).

Intervention Type DEVICE

ATNC BN-V2

The navigation system is used to determine the exact brain location to be stimulated (coordinates for the stimulation point).

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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ATNC MDD-V1 Brain Sense & Brain Cog sham Brain Navigation System V1 Brain Navigation System V2

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients who started drug treatment with an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor at least 2 months before participating in the clinical trial and can participate in the clinical trial without changing the dose during the trial period.
2. Male or female age 60-85 years.
3. Patients diagnosed with mild stage of Alzheimer's Disease, according to the NIA-AA (2011) diagnosis.
4. A patient whose dementia was confirmed to be due to Alzheimer's disease by amyloid PET-CT.
5. MMSE score 21 to 26.
6. CDR 1 or GDS 3.

※ For subjects who are excluded from screening based on criteria 5 or 6, if the investigator judges that the subject is likely to be eligible, one repeat screening may be performed.
7. A patient who is deemed physically eligible for the clinical trial based on medical records and physical examination.
8. A patient who is unable to provide voluntary informed consent for the clinical trial due to impaired decision-making capacity, for whom a legally authorized representative provides consent for participation, and who can attend follow-up visits with a caregiver.
9. Patients who agreed to participate in all 24-week clinical trials.
10. Patients with normal ability to see and hear letters.
11. Patients who speak Korean as their mother tongue

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders that may affect cognitive function (such as cerebrovascular diseases including vascular dementia, subdural hematoma, normal pressure hydrocephalus, brain tumors, CNS infections like HIV or syphilis, head trauma, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, etc.) where cognitive decline may be explained by other causes, or in whom dementia types other than Alzheimer's disease are suspected.
2. Patients who have been unconscious due to brain surgery or concussion, or who have signs or symptoms of cranial pressure elevation on neurologic examination.
3. History of Epileptic Seizures or Epilepsy.
4. Patients with a history of drug abuse, including alcohol, in the past 5 years from the time of screening.
5. Patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, current major depressive episode, psychosis, panic, post-traumatic stress, severe anxiety, mental retardation, DSM-V disorder.
6. Patients with abnormal vitamin B12, folic acid deficiency, or thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test results that were considered by the investigator to affect or are caused by the severity of dementia.
7. Patients with metal implants in the head, (i.e. cochlear implants, implanted brain stimulators and neurostimulators, aneurysm clips) with the exception of metal implants.
8. Cardiac pacemakers.
9. Implanted medication pumps.
10. Intracardiac lines.
11. Patients who are currently taking medications that lower the convulsive seizure threshold.
12. Significant heart disease.
13. Patients with severe renal or hepatic impairment※, referring to conditions that significantly affect daily living (e.g., stage 4 chronic kidney disease), with the assessment based on the investigator's judgment.
14. Contraindication for performing MRI scanning.
15. Contraindication for performing amyloid PET-CT scanning.
16. Patients who do not consent to TMS treatment and participation in this clinical trial.
17. Patients who participated in other clinical trials 3 months before participating in this clinical trial.

※ Subjects who participate in non-interventional studies (such as observational studies) that do not affect the subject's disease or symptoms may be enrolled in the study.
18. Patients with a history of TMS treatment within the last 2 years before participating in this clinical trial.
19. Patients judged by the investigator to be unsuitable for participation in clinical trials for other reasons.

※ If the test subject is unable to visit according to the research plan due to unavoidable personal circumstances during the screening period, it will be treated as a screening dropout, and the patient can participate in the study after re-agreeing according to the future schedule.
20. Patients with a history of malignant tumors within the last 5 years.

\- Participation is possible if more than 5 years have elapsed without recurrence after the decision to be cured (The point of complete removal of the tumor through surgery or the end of chemotherapy, etc.).
21. Patients who need to take medications suggested in concomitantly contraindicated drugs.
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chungnam National University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Korea University Anam Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Dong-A University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Chonnam National University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Chonbuk National University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Yeungnam University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Konkuk University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Advanced Technology & Communications

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ae Young MD LEE, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chungnam National University Hospital

Kun Woo MD Park, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Korea University Anam Hospital

Deye MD Yoon, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dong-A University Hospital

Goun MD Kim, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chonbuk National University Hospital

Su-Hyun MD Jo, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chonnam National University Hospital

Mincheol MD Park, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital

Inwook MD Song, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Incheon St.Mary's Hospital

Miyoung MD Park, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yeungnam University Hospital

Younggeon MD Lee, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital

Sohun MD Yoon, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital

Yeonsil MD Moon, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Konkuk University Medical Center

Locations

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Catholic university of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital

Incheon, Bupyeong 6(yuk)-dong, Bupyeong-gu, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital

Gwangmyeong, Deokan-ro 110, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

jeonbuk National University Hospital

Jeonju, Deokjin-gu, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Chonnam National University Hopital

Gwangju, Dong-gu, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Yeungnam University Medical Center

Daegu, Hyeonchung-ro, Nam-gu, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital

Gyeonggi-do, Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital

Gyeonggi-do, Juhwa-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Chungnam National University Hospital

Daejeon, Jung-gu, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Konkuk University Medical Center

Seoul, Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Dong-A University Hospital

Busan, Seo-gu, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Korea University Anam Hospital

Seoul, Seongbuk-gu, South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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South Korea

Central Contacts

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Shin Jinwoo

Role: CONTACT

+82314450566

Chun Woong Park

Role: CONTACT

+821050439405

Facility Contacts

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AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

AT&C

Role: primary

+82-31-445-1565

Related Links

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https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/alzheimer-disease

MedlinePlus Genetics related topics: Alzheimer disease

https://medlineplus.gov/alzheimersdisease.html

MedlinePlus related topics: Alzheimer disease

https://atnci.com

Sponsor's web

Other Identifiers

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CNUH 2023-03-027

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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