Can personalized sound waves boost brain health in dementia?
NCT ID NCT07778277
First seen Aug 21, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026
Summary
This trial explores whether a personalized system that combines gamma-frequency sound stimulation with cognitive training can improve thinking and memory in older adults with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia. Participants aged 60 and older will use the device during cognitive activities for one hour, twice a week, over 12 weeks. The study aims to see if this approach is practical and effective in both urban and rural dementia care centers, potentially offering a new way to support brain health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Personalized gamma auditory stimulation device (active setting) combined with cognitive training
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could offer a non-invasive, personalized way to support brain health and slow cognitive decline in people with early dementia, potentially adaptable across urban and rural care centers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage feasibility study, so results may not be conclusive or widely applicable. The intervention requires regular sessions, and individual responses may vary; there is also a risk that the stimulation may not produce meaningful cognitive benefits.
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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 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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60 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: * Aged ≥ 60 years * The score of MoCA between 10 to 25 Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of other psychiatric or neurological disorders, and those with a history of neurological or psychiatric disorders that may affect cognitive assessment or performance. For example (but not limited to): Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, epilepsy, severe traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness, and stroke. * Drug, Nicotine or alcohol addictions * Serious heart, liver or kidney disorders, and visual, auditory or motor impairments interfering with neuropsychological tests.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chang Gung University
Taoyuan, Guishan, 333, Taiwan
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