Brain training after ICU: hope for dementia-like fog?
NCT ID NCT04353804
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if a computer-based brain training program can help people who survived a stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) recover their thinking and memory skills. Many ICU survivors experience long-term cognitive problems similar to dementia. The study will involve 160 adults who recently left the ICU. Participants will use a computerized cognitive rehabilitation program to see if it improves their ability to handle everyday tasks like managing money and medicines.
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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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160 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
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 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: * Adults with a recent ICU stay (Medical or Surgical) requiring treatment for respiratory failure and/or shock (i.e., high-risk population) * No longer requiring ICU-level care Exclusion Criteria: * History of pre-existing severe cognitive impairment (IQCODE\>=3.8 or documentation in medical record) * Unwilling to commit to participation in the intervention * Under consideration for hospice * Primary residence over 100 miles from enrolling site if the patient is unwilling to return to the enrolling site for follow-up * Homeless without a secondary contact available * Severe substance abuse or neuropsychiatric disorder of a severity that prevents independent living * Active suicidal ideation * Any past or present behavior that may be deemed a safety risk for follow-up * Blind, deaf, or unable to understand/communicate in English * Required ICU level care less than 24 hours * Not capable of completing computer-based training * Co-enrollment in another study * Incarcerated
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Nashville Campus, Nashville, TN
Nashville, Tennessee, 37212-2637, United States
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37212, United States
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