Brain-Training game aims to sharpen aging memories
NCT ID NCT06916221
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether playing a digital navigation game can improve long-term memory in healthy older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment. About 150 participants will play the game or a control game for up to 8 weeks at home. Researchers will measure memory and thinking skills before, after, and 6 months later.
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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 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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- 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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60 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Minimum of 12 years of education * English fluency: All task instructions are presented in English language text. In order to control for sufficient and equivalent participant comprehension of the procedures and instructions, we require their self-report of fluency in English. * Normal or corrected-to-normal vision * Normal or corrected-to-normal hearing * Medically healthy older adults, including those with below-average cognitive performance /MCI patients without dementia referred by neuropsychologists (i.e., no participant medical records will be reviewed). Exclusion Criteria: * Under the age of 60 * Clinical diagnosis of neurological or psychiatric disorder Clinical diagnosis of dementia or AD8 score of \>4 * Visually or hearing impaired without correction to normal * Regularly (one or more times per week) practicing an instrument within the last year * 10 years or more of formal musical instrument training
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Locations
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University of California, San Francsico
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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