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Can aromatherapy and brain games keep seniors safe at home?

NCT ID NCT02288221

Symptom relief Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested a home system that uses aromatherapy, music, and brain-training games to help older adults with mild memory issues stay safe and independent. Only 4 people took part before the study was stopped early. The goal was to see if seniors would use and enjoy these non-drug therapies.

What this could mean

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Active substance
non-pharmacological home interventions (aromatherapy, music therapy, cognitive games)
What this could lead to
If it worked, this could point toward simple, drug-free ways to help older adults stay safe and independent at home.
What could go wrong
The trial was terminated early with only 4 participants, so no reliable conclusions can be drawn. The approach is still very experimental.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

4 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jun 2015

Finished

Jul 2017

Lead sponsor

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

60 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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 age ≥ 60 years with memory complaint * Score at the Mini Mental Test (MMSE) ≥ 26. * Score at the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR) ≤ 0.5. Exclusion Criteria: * Sensory defect (visual or olfactory) preventing the patient to perfectly meet therapeutic solutions. * Prescription new psychotropic medication (hypnotic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, antipsychotic) in the week preceding the assessment. * Subject epileptic. * Subject vulnerable

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

subjective cognitive decline

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Cognitive deterioration

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Institut Claude Pompidou

    Nice, 06000, France

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