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Online brain games for dementia: new study tests if virtual therapy can keep minds sharp

NCT ID NCT05860127

Completed Symptom relief Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether a virtual group therapy program called Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (V-CST) could help slow cognitive decline in people with mild to moderate dementia. 133 participants were randomly assigned to either receive a referral for V-CST or continue with standard care. The therapy involves online group activities designed to stimulate thinking and memory. The study focused on whether people would accept the referral and whether their cognitive scores changed over time.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) - a group therapy program delivered online

What this could lead to

If it works, this could offer a non-drug way to help people with dementia maintain their thinking skills longer.

What could go wrong

This is a small pilot study (133 people) testing whether the approach is acceptable and practical, not whether it definitively works. Results may not apply to everyone with dementia.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Alzheimer disease Cognitive Dysfunction dementia follicular lymphoma frontotemporal dementia Lewy body dementia Lewy Body Disease Mixed Dementias vascular dementia

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, MILD DEMENTIA DEMENTIA FRONTAL DEMENTIA MODERATE DEMENTIA OF ALZHEIMER TYPE DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES DEMENTIA, MILD DEMENTIA, MIXED DEMENTIA, VASCULAR

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • UConn Center on Aging

    Farmington, Connecticut, 06030, United States

  • Yale Memory Clinic

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06536, United States