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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Posit Science Corporation University of San Francisco |
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Information provided by: | Posit Science Corporation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00526942 |
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the learnability of a 3 week, 40 minutes per day, 5 day per week, computer-based visual training exercise by healthy mature individuals undergoing normal aging.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Healthy |
Behavioral: SAAGE-designed, visual memory-based cognitive training |
Phase I Phase II |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Computer-Based Cognitive Training in Normal Healthy Aging: Pilot Study of Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Visual Sweeps Training Exercise, 2-Arm Model |
Estimated Enrollment: | 54 |
Study Start Date: | August 2007 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | August 2008 |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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I: No Intervention
No contact control (NCC)
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II: Experimental
Computerized, SAAGE-designed, visual memory-based cognitive training
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Behavioral: SAAGE-designed, visual memory-based cognitive training
Training sessions take 40 minutes per day, five days per week for a total goal of 15, 40-minute sessions.
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Virtually all adults will suffer a decline in their cognitive capacities to some degree. Typically, cognitive decline is characterized by a slow, progressive decline in abilities (frequently in memory, attention, inhibition and speed of processing) relative to younger adults, commonly called normal aging, age-associated memory impairment, age-consistent memory impairment, benign senescent forgetfulness, late-life forgetfulness, ageing-associated cognitive decline, and the preferred term, age-related cognitive decline (ARCD) As virtually all adults experience a reduction in their cognitive abilities with age, ARCD has generally been considered to be a normal, inevitable, and irreversible part of aging; and the extremely severe forms of pathological cognitive decline (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, AD) have dominated therapeutic research in this area. However, ARCD represents an important cause of quality of life decline in almost every older adult, as the impact of forgetfulness and mental slowing increasingly change the abilities of individuals to successfully manage their day-to-day activities. Therapeutic approaches targeting the specific problems of ARCD in normal aging (as opposed to the pathological problems of AD) would unto themselves represent important clinical advances.
This trial investigates the effects of a computer-based visual training exercise built on the principles of positive brain plasticity and designed for use by healthy mature individuals. The program is specifically designed to improve the fidelity of sensory representations in early visual cortex.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 60 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Daniel Tinker, BS | 4153943100 ext 3541 | daniel.tinker@positscience.com |
Contact: Cate Stasio, BA | 4153943100 ext 3546 | cate.stasio@positscience.com |
United States, California | |
Posit Science Corporation | Recruiting |
San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States, 94104 | |
Contact: Daniel Tinker, BS 415-394-3100 ext 3541 daniel.tinker@positscience.com | |
Contact: Cate Stasio, BA 4153943100 ext 3546 cate.stasio@positscience.com | |
Principal Investigator: Joseph L Hardy, PhD | |
Sub-Investigator: Daniel Tinker, BS |
Principal Investigator: | Joseph L Hardy, PhD | Posit Science Corporation |
Study ID Numbers: | RES-203-2007 |
Study First Received: | September 6, 2007 |
Last Updated: | September 10, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00526942 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
ACRD Visual Memory Visual Perception Speed |
Computerized SAAGE Cognitive Decline |
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