NCT06995638Recruiting
Improving Executive Control in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults: the MUltitasking STrategy (MUST) Study
Web-based Technology and Cognitive Training: Improving Executive Control in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults: the MUltitasking STrategy (MUST) Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Dec 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Developing efficient cognitive intervention for cognitively health older adults is a major public health goal, due to its potential for reducing age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease/dementia risk. Executive Control is a relevant cognitive target since it declines with aging and is critical for multi-tasking in daily life. The proposed research investigates whether playing a web-based cognitive complex game (the Breakfast Game) impacts cognitive performance in cognitively healthy older adults. To be enrolled in the study, participants will be asked to undergo a cognitive sassessment, health questionnires, and a blood exam. The intervention consist in one educational session on healthy aging, and 10 one-hour cognitive training sessions 2-3 times a week over one month. Participants will be asked to repeat the cognitive assessment within 1-2 weeks after the intervention, and after three months.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 130 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 14 May 2025
- Start date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT06995638
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 130
- From 10 Dec 2025 to the primary completion date, Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Taking medications known to influence cognitive performance.
- Enrolled in a concurrent study that could affect the outcome of this study.
Other illness
- Known history of cognitive impairment, dementia, stroke, seizure disorder, or other neuropsychiatric condition judged to impact cognitive performance.
- Sensory (e.g. visual, auditory) or physical (e.g. severe arthritic, orthopedic, neurologic) impairment incompatible with use of a standard computer workstation.
Other
- Low test scores (below 26 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment)
Who the study is looking for
- Age 60-75
- Adequate English proficiency
- Willingness to adhere to training protocol:
- Attend 2 in-person assessments
- Attend a blood test
- Attend online intervention sessions and online follow-up assessment
Age in the registry: 60 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Behavior Health Sciences Building, F-Level Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Newark | United States | Recruiting |
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