Alzheimer's study probes why patients struggle with daily choices
NCT ID NCT03991624
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looked at how early Alzheimer's disease affects a person's ability to make decisions. Researchers tested 100 people with Alzheimer's and healthy volunteers using memory and thinking tasks, plus a special decision-making test. The goal was to understand which brain functions are involved and how this impacts everyday life. The study was terminated early, so results may be limited.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2019
- Finished
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Apr 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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60 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria for patients with Alzheimer's disease : * Mini-Mental State Examination \> 23 * stable treatment for at least two months * mother tongue : French Inclusion Criteria for control : * general cognitive level in the standard on the following tests : Mini-Mental State Examination and Fast Front End Efficiency Battery * mother tongue : French Exclusion Criteria for patients with Alzheimer's disease : * game addiction * uncorrected visual and hearing disorders * other neurological or psychiatric history * inability to communicate * delusional or psychotic state Exclusion Criteria for control : * game addiction * psychiatric or neurological disorders * anxiety and depression symptomatology
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Saint Etienne
Saint-Etienne, 42055, France
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CMRR - Hôpital Charpennes
Villeurbanne, 69100, France
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Hôpital Lariboisière- Fernand Widal
Paris, 75010, France
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Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs
Bron, 69676, France
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