Status:
COMPLETED
Improvisational Movement for People With Memory Loss and Their Caregivers
Lead Sponsor:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Conditions:
Alzheimer's Disease (Incl Subtypes)
Dementia
Eligibility:
All Genders
60-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Dementia is a progressive decline in cognition that impairs a person's ability to perform activities of daily living. Changes in mood, gait, and balance are prominent secondary symptoms of Alzheimer's...
Detailed Description
Dementia is a progressive decline in cognition that impairs a person's ability to perform activities of daily living. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, the most common neurodege...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 60-85 years
- Adjudicated as having mild cognitive impairment or early-stage dementia of Alzheimer's, vascular, or mixed Alzheimer's/vascular type
- MRI compatible
- English speaking
- Have study partner who is around the person with dementia approximately 10 hours/week and is willing to be an active study partner.
- Able to attend bi-weekly intervention classes or come to study visits for no-contact control.
- Not enrolled in another interventional study for at least 3 months prior to beginning this study.
Exclusion
- Untreated depression
- Other causes of dementia (for example, frontotemporal, early onset, Lewy body or Parkinsonian dementia)
- Current cancer treatment or other major medical problems that might independently affect cognition or movement
- Other neurological disorders (e.g., Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis)
- Taking medication that could negatively influence safety during intervention
- Planned extensive travel during the study period
- Any reason for which the study doctor or personal physician feels the intervention is contraindicated for the participant
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 6 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 26 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
104 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03333837
Start Date
February 6 2018
End Date
May 26 2021
Last Update
July 27 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Wake Forest Baptist Health
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27104