Improving Executive Control in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults: the MUltitasking STrategy (MUST) Study
NCT ID: NCT06995638
Last Updated: 2025-12-15
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
130 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2025-12-10
2027-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Strategy Training
Participants will undergo a web-based training protocol that involves playing an online game simulating a breakfast environment, where they will perform everyday activities such as "cooking" and "setting tables" in a multitasking fashion. Participants will learn to play the game using specific strategies to optimize their performance.
Web-based Cognitive Training (with strategy)
Participants will learn to play a complex online game using specific guidance or strategy.
Regular Training
Participants will undergo a web-based training protocol that involves playing an online game simulating a breakfast environment, where they will perform everyday activities such as "cooking" and "setting tables" in a multitasking fashion. Participants will learn to play the game under regular game instructions.
Web-based Cognitive Training (without strategy)
Participants will learn to play a complex online game without specific guidance or strategy.
Passive Control
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Web-based Cognitive Training (with strategy)
Participants will learn to play a complex online game using specific guidance or strategy.
Web-based Cognitive Training (without strategy)
Participants will learn to play a complex online game without specific guidance or strategy.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Adequate English proficiency
* Willingness to adhere to training protocol:
* Attend 2 in-person assessments
* Attend a blood test
* Attend online intervention sessions and online follow-up assessment
Exclusion Criteria
* Known history of cognitive impairment, dementia, stroke, seizure disorder, or other neuropsychiatric condition judged to impact cognitive performance.
* Taking medications known to influence cognitive performance.
* Sensory (e.g. visual, auditory) or physical (e.g. severe arthritic, orthopedic, neurologic) impairment incompatible with use of a standard computer workstation.
* Enrolled in a concurrent study that could affect the outcome of this study.
60 Years
75 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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National Institute on Aging (NIA)
NIH
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Sharon Sanz Simon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Principal Investigator)
Principal Investigators
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Sharon Sanz Simon Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Rutgers University
Locations
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Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Behavior Health Sciences Building, F-Level
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Blumen HM, Gopher D, Steinerman JR, Stern Y. Training cognitive control in older adults with the space fortress game: the role of training instructions and basic motor ability. Front Aging Neurosci. 2010 Nov 11;2:145. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00145. eCollection 2010.
Stern Y, Blumen HM, Rich LW, Richards A, Herzberg G, Gopher D. Space Fortress game training and executive control in older adults: a pilot intervention. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2011 Nov;18(6):653-77. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2011.613450. Epub 2011 Oct 12.
Sanz Simon S, Ben-Eliezer D, Pondikos M, Stern Y, Gopher D. Feasibility and acceptability of a new web-based cognitive training platform for cognitively healthy older adults: the breakfast task. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2023 Aug 4;9(1):136. doi: 10.1186/s40814-023-01359-2.
Related Links
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EngAGING Lab Website
Other Identifiers
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Pro2025000330
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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