AI-Powered app aims to predict Alzheimer's years before symptoms worsen
NCT ID NCT07731191
First seen Jul 28, 2026 · Last updated Jul 29, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether a smartphone app can help predict the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers will collect health data like weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar from people with mild cognitive concerns. An artificial intelligence model will analyze these risk factors to see if it can identify who is most likely to develop dementia. The goal is to create a tool that could one day allow for earlier, more personalized care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a mobile app for risk monitoring and patient engagement
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a simple, non-invasive way to identify people at high risk for Alzheimer's disease before symptoms worsen.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study focused on building and testing a prediction model, not a treatment. The app's risk assessment may not be accurate enough for real-world use.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 240 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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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18 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: * Male or female subjects aged more than 18 years at the time of signing the informed consent form; * Subjects with MCI or SCD who, at the time of their first visit, did not have a clinical diagnosis of dementia (MMSE ≥ 24); * Smartphone user. Exclusion Criteria: * Age younger than that stated in the inclusion criterion; * Inability to understand.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia
RECRUITINGBrescia, BS, 25123, Italy
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IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni Di Dio - Fatebenefratelli
RECRUITINGBrescia, BS, 25125, Italy
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