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Behavioral Intervention

ASCEND for Stroke

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Led By Abhishek Jaywant, PhD

Research Sponsored by Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, 5 weeks

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Study Summary

This trial tests a new cognitive treatment for stroke patients that combines computer training with coaching to help improve daily cognitive functioning.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 5 weeks

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 5 weeks

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 5 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

Participant impression of ASCEND as a credible treatment to improve cognition, as measured by the Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ).

Participant satisfaction with ASCEND, as measured by the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8)

Secondary outcome measures

Change in attention and working memory as measured by the Mental Control test

Change in auditory attention and working memory, as measured by the Digit Span test

Change in divided attention and processing speed, as measured by the Trail Making Test

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Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: ASCENDExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

ASCEND combines computer-based cognitive training exercises, homework exercises to enhance cognition, and coaching sessions delivered in-person and via telephone/videoconference by a neuropsychologist. ASCEND includes 24 total computer training sessions of 30 minutes each, for a total of 12 hours. ASCEND includes 8 coaching sessions of 45 minutes each. The computer exercises aim to improve attention, working memory (WM), and cognitive control through a series of engaging and interactive computer games (e.g., card games, driving simulation). The homework exercises and coaching sessions aim to assist the participant in generalizing and transferring skills from the computer exercises to daily life and to develop further strategies to compensate for attention and WM difficulties in daily life.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityLead Sponsor

1,054 Previous Clinical Trials

1,316,525 Total Patients Enrolled

13 Trials studying Stroke

6,106 Patients Enrolled for Stroke

Abhishek Jaywant, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorWeill Medical College of Cornell University

3 Previous Clinical Trials

142 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Stroke

70 Patients Enrolled for Stroke

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Could interested persons apply to this experiment at the present moment?

"Affirmative, clinicaltrials.gov data informs us that this research project is currently recruiting participants. The trial was initially posted on December 13th 2019 and most recently revised November 18th 2022. This study requires 20 volunteers from one site in particular."

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What criteria must prospective participants fulfill to join this investigation?

"This research trial is actively onboarding 20 participants who have experienced a stroke and are aged between 45 and 89."

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Is the age restriction for this experiment limited to individuals over 25?

"The guidelines for entry into this trial specify that the minimum age of participants must be 45, while the oldest individual in the study cannot exceed 89 years old."

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What can researchers hope to achieve through this investigation?

"This 5 week-long trial aims to evaluate the efficacy of ASCEND as a valid treatment for improving cognition, which will be measured using Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ). Secondary indicators such as changes in divided attention/working memory (Symbol-Digit Modalities Test), auditory attention/working memory performance (Digit Span test) and simple auditory attention/working memory capacity (Mental Control test) are also included. Scores range from 0 to 120, 48 or 12 respectively with higher scores indicating improved results."

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What is the upper limit of enrollees for this investigation?

"Affirmative. The trial is still open for recruitment, as stated on clinicaltrials.gov - it was posted on December 13th 2019 and last updated on November 18th 2022. 20 individuals are being sought from a single location to participate in the study."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

A Pilot Study of a Strategy and Computer-based Intervention to Enhance Daily Cognitive Functioning After Stroke

2019. "A Pilot Study of a Strategy and Computer-based Intervention to Enhance Daily Cognitive Functioning After Stroke". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04098835.