Online games for social connection in mild cognitive impairment
Tests online games for loneliness in people with mild cognitive impairment.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Emory University
- Where
- Atlanta, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- GAMES Intervention in MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment)
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 124 people, planned
- Started
- 8 Dec 2025
- Expected to end
- Mar 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Online Gameplay Intervention
- Waitlist control
- Record updated
- 22 December 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults aged 50 to 85, with or without mild cognitive impairment (MCI), to test whether playing games online with others reduces loneliness.
- Age
- 50 to 85 years
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- People with or without mild memory and thinking problems (MCI) can join. The MCI group needs a diagnosis from a health care professional, a MoCA score of 18-25 and an FAQ score < 9. Everyone needs a MoCA-Blind score (converted to MoCA) > 17.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Thinking problems caused by stroke, TBI (head injury) or another nerve-system cause, without concern for a brain-wasting disease such as Alzheimer's disease
- Medical illness that would prevent taking part
- Major mental health disorder in the last year
- Substance abuse within the last two years
- Current use of medicines that act on the mind
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- 50 to 85 years old
- Living independently (note: can live in assisted living, but must have independently complete daily activities)
- Fluent in English
- Adequate visual and auditory acuity to see/hear computer screen
- MoCA-Blind (converted to MoCA score) > 17; Additional Criteria for MCI Group:
- Existing diagnosis by HC professional
- MoCA-Blind (converted to MoCA score) of 18-25
- FAQ < 9
Who cannot take part
- Cognitive impairment secondary to stroke, TBI or other neurological cause without concern for neurodegenerative condition (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, etc.)
- Medical illnesses that would prevent participation
- Major psychiatric disturbance meeting DSM V criteria in last year
- Hx of substance abuse within last two years
- Current psychoactive med use
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 50 and 85 years old?
Where in United States
- Emory UniversityAtlanta, United StatesContact: Kayci Vickers, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The objective of the present study is to evaluate whether online, remote gameplay can facilitate social engagement and reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation in adults with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
The 2 groups in the trial
- Online Gameplay Intervention GroupTreatment being tested
Participants will receive: * brief (\< 10 minutes) psychoeducation about the importance of engaging in social activities to support cognitive stimulation and brain health * technology session to show them how to access games via OneClick * participants will receive weekly calls from study staff to provide support and briefly query about social activities that week. * A subset of questionnaires will be re-administered after 6 weeks of the intervention to capture any change occurring at intervention mid-point. * Following completion of the 12-week intervention, participants will repeat a subset of baseline questionnaires to evaluate for change over time.
Treatment: Online Gameplay Intervention
- Wait-list control GroupOther group
Participants will receive: * brief (\< 10 minutes) psychoeducation about the importance of engaging in social activities to support cognitive stimulation and brain health * Participants will be notified that study team will receive weekly phone calls to ask about social activities they completed in the week prior. * Following completion of the 12-week waitlist period, participants will repeat the baseline questionnaires to evaluate for change over time. * After completing the waitlist condition, they will be offered the opportunity to complete the gameplay intervention.
Treatment: Waitlist control
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Evaluating Online Gameplay Intervention to Support Social Engagement in Older Adults With and Without Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
- Plain-language title
- Online games for social connection in mild cognitive impairmentGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 15 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07296133, who can take part
- Record updated
- 22 December 2025