Language, Speech and Motor Function in MCI Due to AD and Alzheimer's Disease

NCT ID: NCT06508268

Last Updated: 2024-07-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

208 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-07-12

Study Completion Date

2025-02-09

Brief Summary

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The goal of this observational cross-sectional study is to explore the characteristics of language, speech, and motor function in persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's disease ("MCI due to AD") and persons with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease ("AD"). This study aims to:

* Explore motor, speech, and language functions in MCI due to AD and mild and moderate AD.
* Combine the characteristics of motor, language, and speech functions to gain more insight into the association of language, speech, and motor changes during MCI due to AD and mild and moderate AD.

Researchers will compare the outcomes to an age-matched control group without cognitive impairment.

Participants will undergo:

* Two motor function tests to assess gait and hand grip strength.
* Four language and speech function tests to assess spontaneous speech and verbal fluency..

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Alzheimer's Disease MCI Due to AD Dementia Alzheimers

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to AD

GAITRite walkway system OR 4-meter walking speed test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Gait will be assessed by the GAITRite walkway system OR the 4-meter walking speed test

Jamar hand dynamometer

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Hand grip strength will be assessed by a Jamar hand dynamometer

Picture description task

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Characteristics Dutch/Frisian language Language and speech will be assessed by the Cookie Theft Picture-task (a picture description task from Berube et al., 2019)

Autobiographical semi-structured conversation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Characteristics Dutch/Frisian language and speech will be assessed by an autobiographical semi-structured conversation

Verbal fluency

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The mental lexicon of Dutch/Frisian language will be assessed by a two verbal fluency tests, including letter fluency and categorical fluency

Persons with mild AD

GAITRite walkway system OR 4-meter walking speed test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Gait will be assessed by the GAITRite walkway system OR the 4-meter walking speed test

Jamar hand dynamometer

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Hand grip strength will be assessed by a Jamar hand dynamometer

Picture description task

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Characteristics Dutch/Frisian language Language and speech will be assessed by the Cookie Theft Picture-task (a picture description task from Berube et al., 2019)

Autobiographical semi-structured conversation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Characteristics Dutch/Frisian language and speech will be assessed by an autobiographical semi-structured conversation

Verbal fluency

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The mental lexicon of Dutch/Frisian language will be assessed by a two verbal fluency tests, including letter fluency and categorical fluency

Persons with moderate AD

GAITRite walkway system OR 4-meter walking speed test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Gait will be assessed by the GAITRite walkway system OR the 4-meter walking speed test

Jamar hand dynamometer

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Hand grip strength will be assessed by a Jamar hand dynamometer

Picture description task

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Characteristics Dutch/Frisian language Language and speech will be assessed by the Cookie Theft Picture-task (a picture description task from Berube et al., 2019)

Autobiographical semi-structured conversation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Characteristics Dutch/Frisian language and speech will be assessed by an autobiographical semi-structured conversation

Verbal fluency

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The mental lexicon of Dutch/Frisian language will be assessed by a two verbal fluency tests, including letter fluency and categorical fluency

Persons without cognitive impairment, age-matched with persons with MCI due to AD and AD

GAITRite walkway system OR 4-meter walking speed test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Gait will be assessed by the GAITRite walkway system OR the 4-meter walking speed test

Jamar hand dynamometer

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Hand grip strength will be assessed by a Jamar hand dynamometer

Picture description task

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Characteristics Dutch/Frisian language Language and speech will be assessed by the Cookie Theft Picture-task (a picture description task from Berube et al., 2019)

Autobiographical semi-structured conversation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Characteristics Dutch/Frisian language and speech will be assessed by an autobiographical semi-structured conversation

Verbal fluency

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The mental lexicon of Dutch/Frisian language will be assessed by a two verbal fluency tests, including letter fluency and categorical fluency

Interventions

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GAITRite walkway system OR 4-meter walking speed test

Gait will be assessed by the GAITRite walkway system OR the 4-meter walking speed test

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Jamar hand dynamometer

Hand grip strength will be assessed by a Jamar hand dynamometer

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Picture description task

Characteristics Dutch/Frisian language Language and speech will be assessed by the Cookie Theft Picture-task (a picture description task from Berube et al., 2019)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Autobiographical semi-structured conversation

Characteristics Dutch/Frisian language and speech will be assessed by an autobiographical semi-structured conversation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Verbal fluency

The mental lexicon of Dutch/Frisian language will be assessed by a two verbal fluency tests, including letter fluency and categorical fluency

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Cookie Theft Picture

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

A subject with MCI with a likelihood of underlying AD pathophysiology must meet the following criteria:

* Established diagnosis of MCI due to AD with a likelihood according to NIA-AA criteria (Albert et al., 2011).
* A score of stage three on the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) (Reisberg et al., 1982).

A subject with AD must meet the following criteria:

* Established diagnosis of AD (amnestic or non-amnestic) or etiologically mixed presentation of AD according to DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) or NINCDS-ARDRA criteria (Jack et al., 2018; McKann et al., 2011).
* The following scores on the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS): four for mild AD, five for moderate AD (Reisberg et al., 1982).

All subjects of the control group must meet the following criteria:

* A score of stage one or two on the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) (Reisberg et al., 1982).
* They are age-matched with the MCI due to AD or AD patients included in the study.

All subjects must meet the following criteria:

* First language is Dutch and/or Frisian.
* Able to walk independently with or without walking aid.
* Able to squeeze with each hand.

Exclusion Criteria

A subject with MCI due to AD or AD who meets the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

* Having a neurological or neurodegenerative disease or disorder that may be contributing to cognitive impairment above and beyond that caused by AD or mixed AD; Down's syndrome, other subtypes of dementia, autism spectrum disorder.
* Having an established diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder, e.g. schizophrenia, depression.

All subjects in the control group who meets following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

● Suffers from a neurological, neurodegenerative or psychiatric disease or disorder.

All subjects in any group who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

* Hearing loss (with or without hearing aid) that affects communication.
* Vision loss (with or without glasses or lenses) that affects communication.
* History of language problems, speech problems or dyslexia.
* Suffers from additional disorders or diseases which may limit gait, hand grip strength, language and/or speech.
* Medication use that influence gait, hand grip strength, speech or language performance at time of testing.
* Being terminally ill (i.e., life expectancy \< 2 weeks according to the attending physician).
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Groningen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hans Hobbelen

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Hanze University

Groningen, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Netherlands

Central Contacts

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Marlies Oegema, Master

Role: CONTACT

0031+0505953730

Facility Contacts

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Oegema Marlies, Master

Role: primary

0031505953730

Other Identifiers

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NL79836.042.23

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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