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cognitive training for Parkinson's Disease

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Sandra L. Kletzel, PhD BA
Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Veterans who seek services at Hines VA Hospital
Diagnosis of PD as determined by the UK Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank Diagnostic Criteria
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up week 0 (before intervention begins), 8 weeks, 12 weeks
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will study whether a combination of memory and cognitive training leads to better thinking and memory skills, as well as everyday function, than either type of training alone.

Eligible Conditions
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~week 0 (before intervention begins), 8 weeks, 12 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and week 0 (before intervention begins), 8 weeks, 12 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
change in NIH sponsored Executive Abilities: Measures and Instruments for neurobehavioral evaluation and re-search (NIH-EXAMINER) executive composite score

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: cognitive and memory strategy trainingExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
The cognitive training will include 4 sessions/week for 8 weeks. Each session will take 30min. Total hours of training is 16 hours. For memory strategy training, strategies will be performed daily; this will take only a few minutes a day to accomplish.
Group II: cognitive and memory strategy control trainingActive Control2 Interventions
The cognitive training will include 4 sessions/week for 8 weeks. Each session will take 30min. Total hours of training is 16 hours. For the active control of memory strategy training, strategies will be performed daily; this will take only a few minutes a day to accomplish.
Group III: active control for cognitive and memory strategy trainingActive Control2 Interventions
The cognitive training will include 4 sessions/week for 8 weeks. Each session will take 30min. Total hours of training is 16 hours. For the active control of memory strategy training, strategies will be performed daily; this will take only a few minutes a day to accomplish.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
memory strategy training
2020
N/A
~10
cognitive training
2020
N/A
~420

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,606 Previous Clinical Trials
3,306,009 Total Patients Enrolled
Sandra L. Kletzel, PhD BAPrincipal InvestigatorEdward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL
1 Previous Clinical Trials
56 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there still opportunities for participation in this trial?

"Unfortunately, this clinical trial is not enlisting participants at the moment. Although it was first created on January 27th 2020, its last update happened on October 19th 2022. However, 1042 other studies are taking new recruits right now according to clinicaltrials.gov's records."

Answered by AI
~1 spots leftby Mar 2025