Virtual coach sleep program for people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia
Tests an AI-supported sleep program in people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Where
- Hong Kong1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- A Behavioural Sleep Intervention for People With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 60 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Jan 2026
- Expected to end
- Jul 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- AI-supported behavioral sleep intervention
- control group
- Record updated
- 25 August 2026
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 with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia who have sleep problems. It tests a sleep program supported by an AI virtual coach against usual care.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- Mild cognitive impairment or dementia with a global deterioration scale (GDS) score of 4 or lower. Sleep problems on 3 or more nights per week, on average, over the past month.
- Earlier treatment
- People getting medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment for sleep problems or depression right now cannot join.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Earlier diagnosis of a main sleep disorder, such as sleep apnoea
- Severe long-term illness that may cause sleep problems, such as emphysema
- Current treatment for sleep problems or depression
- Severe problems with sight or hearing
- Uncontrolled medical conditions that may get in the way of taking part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia with the global deterioration scale (GDS) score at 4 or lower; endorse one or more sleep problems; experience sleep issues an average of 3 or more nights per week over the past month; reachable by phone; ability to provide informed consent and willingness to participate in the study
Who cannot take part
- have a prior diagnosis of a primary sleep disorder (e.g., sleep apnoea); have a severe chronic illness that may cause sleep problems (e.g., emphysema); currently receiving medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment for sleep disturbance or depression; severe visual or hearing impairment; uncontrolled medical conditions that may interfere with participation
This trial has no sites in United States.
It has sites in one country. Choose a country to see its sites.
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This is two arm pilot randomized controlled trial, with the intervention gorup receiving AI-supported behavioral sleep intervention and control group receiving usual care
The 2 groups in the trial
- InterventionTreatment being tested
The intervention group will receive 6 weekly sessions of AI-supported behavioural sleep intervention, including 6 group sessions and daily use of AI-sleep companion. They can still receive usual care provided by community services
Treatment: AI-supported behavioral sleep intervention
- ControlOther group
The control group will only receive usual care provided by community services
Treatment: control group
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
- A Behavioural Sleep Intervention Enabled by a Virtual Coach for People With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia: A Proof-of-concept Study
- Plain-language title
- Virtual coach sleep program for people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementiaGenerated 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.
- Record updated
- 25 August 2026