App helps dementia patients recall loved Ones' names
NCT ID NCT04570215
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a web-based app called Gotcha! designed to help people with mild-to-moderate dementia remember names of people they know. 48 participants practiced daily for 6 weeks using a tablet at home. The goal was to see if the therapy improves name recall and whether it causes any brain changes.
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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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48 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2019
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Person with mild/moderate dementia * Self-reported proper naming difficulty which we will then assess at Time Point 1 English as their dominant language * Able to tolerate MRI brain scan * Able to give informed consent * Able to use the DNI (app) Exclusion Criteria: * No diagnosis of developmental language disorders * No diagnosis of severe dementia or primary progressive aphasia * No major co-existing neurological or psychiatric diagnosis * No contraindications to brain scanner (e.g. the presence of ferromagnetic implants or other metallic or electronic objects in the body, weight over 24 stone, claustrophobia or pregnancy).
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University College London
London, WC1E6BT, United Kingdom
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