What this means
This trial is still recruiting people, so no results are available yet. It will test whether a mindfulness class helps thinking, memory, brain measures, and daily life compared with a waitlist.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 50–100
- Where
- 1 site, including Massachusetts
The science
- Registered title
- Mindfulness for Cognition in Early-stage Alzheimer's Disease
- Trial ID
- NCT06792877 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Due to Alzheimer's Disease, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), Aging, Healthy Elderly, Alzheimer&Amp;Amp;#39;s Dementia (AD)
- What is tested
- Mindfulness Intervention, Waitlist then mindfulness
- Sponsor
- VA Boston Healthcare System
- Ages
- 50 Years to 100 Years
- Dates
- First posted Jan 27, 2025 · updated Jan 27, 2025
Registry summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if mindfulness meditation can improve outcomes in older adults with and without cognitive impairment. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- How does mindfulness impact thinking and memory?
- How does mindfulness influence brain function and structure?
- How does mindfulness affect daily function and quality of life?
Researchers will compare all outcomes to one other groups. In one group, individuals will participate in a mindfulness class intervention; in the other group, individuals will not engage in any active interventions immediately, but will be placed on a waitlist for the mindfulness intervention. Researchers will compare all outcomes between the groups groups to determine whether the mindfulness interventions leads to greater improvement compared to no intervention (waitlist group).
Participants will:
- Be randomly assigned to participate in the mindfulness intervention, or no immediate intervention (waitlist)
- Complete paper-and-pencil cognitive testing, surveys, computerized tasks, and neuroimaging measures (EEG and MRI) before and after the intervention
Outcomes will be assess at baseline, 2 months, 4 months and 6 months.
Sites (1)
- VA Boston Healthcare System - Jamaica Plain Campus, Boston, Massachusetts, United States