Home brain training app tested for mild memory loss
NCT ID NCT07286448
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a home-based digital cognitive-training program called RICORDO can help people aged 50 and older with mild cognitive impairment or subjective cognitive decline better manage their own health. Participants will be randomly assigned to use RICORDO on a tablet or follow a lifestyle education program for five weeks. The main goal is to see if RICORDO improves patients' ability to actively participate in their care, along with thinking skills, daily function, and mood.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- RICORDO (digital cognitive-training program delivered via tablet)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient home-based way to help people with mild cognitive impairment stay more engaged in their own health and daily life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 100 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program requires regular effort, and improvements may be modest or not last long-term.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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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50 years and older
- 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: * Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) based on Petersen (1999) and Winblad (2004), or Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD) according to Jessen (2014) * Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) \> 18 and Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) ≤ 1 * Age ≥ 50 years * Formal education \> 3 years * Signed informed consent * Stable neurotropic pharmacological therapy in the past 3 months (if applicable) * Preserved mental capacity (i.e., not under legal guardianship or protective supervision) * Preserved ability to understand and produce written and spoken Italian Exclusion Criteria: * Severe sensory or communication impairments * Recent participation (\< 3 months) in cognitive or rehabilitation programs * Failure to provide or withdrawal of informed consent * History or evidence of central nervous system disorders that may affect cognition and are unrelated to the study (e.g., major stroke, brain tumors, normal pressure hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury) * History or evidence of major psychiatric disorders * Presence of medical conditions that may interfere with cognitive function (e.g., renal or hepatic failure, obstructive sleep apnea, hypothyroidism, vitamin B12 deficiency)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena
RECRUITINGModena, Reggio Nell'Emilia (RE), 42122, Italy
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IRCCS "S. Maria Nascente"
RECRUITINGMilan, 20148, Italy
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