Can an online class sharpen your mind with scleroderma?
NCT ID NCT06880627
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests an 8-week online group program designed to help people with scleroderma improve their thinking skills and overall well-being. Researchers will compare participants who take the program right away to those on a waitlist. The goal is to see if the program boosts memory, attention, and mental flexibility.
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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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About 66 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Have physician-diagnosis of Systemic sclerosis (SSc) (any subtype) * A score of ≥ 10 on the Perceived Deficits Questionnaire * A score of ≤ 7 on the 6-Item Cognitive Impairment Test * Have access to a reliable, internet-connected device (e.g. computer, smartphone, tablet) * Visual acuity with correction sufficient to work on a computer, smartphone, tablet or screen * Be able to read, speak, and understand English Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of dementia or head injury * Other neurological disorders that might impact cognition * Have major psychiatric disorder such as major depression and schizophrenia * Complex, unstable health issues that would preclude full participation in the study (like a planned surgery or active cancer treatment)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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