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Brain boost for seniors: study tests training plus zaps to keep minds sharp

NCT ID NCT04648371

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Ongoing This study
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Completed
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Stopped early
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Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

Expanded access (not trials)

Expanded access
Not a trial. This treatment can be requested outside a study, case by case, for people who qualify.
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Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study looks at whether an 8-week program of daily brain training exercises, combined with a gentle electrical current applied to the scalp (tDCS), can improve thinking, reduce falls, and help seniors with mental health conditions stay independent. About 270 older adults living in community housing will take part, with some receiving real stimulation and others a placebo. The goal is to see if this approach can delay or prevent the need for long-term care.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

18 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2021

Expected to finish

Jan 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

50 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: 1. Age 50 years and above. The rationale of age cutoff of 50 is that this age is considered a typical geriatric age cutoff especially for people with severe mental illness 2. Any race or ethnicity 3. Any gender identity 4. Meets DSM-V criteria for any disorder 5. Clinically stable as operationalized by (1) having not been admitted to a psychiatric hospital within the 3 months prior to assessment, (2) having had no change in psychotropic medication dosage within the 4 weeks prior to assessment, and (3) ascertained to be clinically and medically stable by one the study psychiatrists. 6. Willingness and ability to speak English 7. Willingness to provide informed consent or assent as applicable. 8. Corrected visual ability that enables reading of newspaper headlines and corrected hearing capacity that is adequate to respond to a raised conversational voice. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Meets diagnostic criteria for active substance use or dependence within the 6 months prior to the initial assessment except for caffeine or nicotine 2. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) within 6 months of initial assessment 3. Has significant cognitive impairment that, in the opinion of the PI, precludes benefit from CR and therefore study participation. 4. Having any contraindication to tDCS including: the presence of a skin disease, the presence of a pacemaker, implanted brain medical devices, the presence of any metal in the head or suffering from any unstable medical condition or illness that could increase the risk of stimulation (ie. epilepsy)

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

mental disorder psychiatric disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Aging Mental health disorder

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

    Toronto, Ontario, M6J1H4, Canada

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