Smartphone app could help people with down syndrome remember their lives
NCT ID NCT07008989
First seen Jul 14, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a smartphone app called HippoCamera can help people with Down syndrome remember specific details from their daily lives. Participants record and replay events using the app, which uses an algorithm to select which memories to revisit. The goal is to see if this digital memory aid improves the richness and specificity of autobiographical memory.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a digital memory prosthetic called HippoCamera, a smartphone app that records and replays daily events using a research-based algorithm
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, non-drug way to improve autobiographical memory and independence in people with Down syndrome.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with 40 participants, and the app may not improve memory enough to make a real difference in daily life.
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Study facts
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- 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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 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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15 to 35 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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 Down syndrome * Daily access to a smart phone * The ability to create and replay memories using HippoCamera with limited support from a guardian * Informed consent obtained from parent or guardian (or participant, if legally independent) * Informed verbal assent obtained from participant * Ability to comprehend instructions, denoted by parent/guardian acknowledgment * English as a primary written and spoken language * Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing * All races/ethnicities and socio-economic statuses Exclusion Criteria: * Autism * Non-native speaker of English (acquired after the age of 5)
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Locations
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Boston College ONLINE STUDY
RECRUITINGChestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 02467, United States
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