UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Basic information
Official scientific title of the study	Beneficial effects of tablet PC on cognitive function in the health elderly
Title of the study (Brief title)	Beneficial effects of tablet PC
Region	Japan

Condition
Condition	The healthy elderly
Classification by specialty	Adult
Classification by malignancy	Others
Genomic information	NO

Objectives
Narrative objectives1	The aim of this study is to investigate the beneficial effects of processing speed training using Tablet PC on cognitive functions in the elderly
Basic objectives2	Efficacy
Basic objectives -Others
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Trial characteristics_2
Developmental phase

Assessment
Primary outcomes	Raven matrix test, digit span, story memory, Digit Symbol Coding (Cd) , Symbol Search(SS)(4 weeks after)
Key secondary outcomes

Base
Study type	Interventional

Study design
Basic design	Parallel
Randomization	Randomized
Randomization unit	Individual
Blinding	Single blind -participants are blinded
Control	Placebo
Stratification
Dynamic allocation
Institution consideration
Blocking
Concealment

Intervention
No. of arms	2
Purpose of intervention	Educational,Counseling,Training
Type of intervention	Device,equipment Behavior,custom Other
Interventions/Control_1	Processing speed game intervention using tablet PC(15 minutes, 5 days per a week for 4 weeks)
Interventions/Control_2	Semantic knowledge game intervention using tablet PC(15 minutes, 5 days per a week for 4 weeks)
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Eligibility
Age-lower limit	60 years-old <=
Age-upper limit	80 years-old >
Gender	Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria	We include participants who will report to be right-handed, native Japanese speakers, not concerned about their own memory functions, not using medications known to interfere with cognitive functions (including benzodiazepines, antidepressants or other central nervous agents), and having no diseases known to affect the central nervous system, including thyroid disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, stroke, severe hypertension or diabetes.
Key exclusion criteria	Person with medical history of the cerebral nerve disease Person with medical history such as high blood pressure, the diabetes Person who is participating in another cognitive-related training
Target sample size	72

Research contact person
Name of lead principal investigator	Rui Nouchi
Organization	Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
Division name	Smart Aging International Research Center
Address	Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku Sendai
TEL	022-717-8466
Email	rui.nouchi.a4@tohoku.ac.jp

Public contact
Name of contact person	Rui Nouchi
Organization	Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
Division name	Smart Aging International Research Center
Address	Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku Sendai
TEL	022-717-8466
Homepage URL
Email	rui.nouchi.a4@tohoku.ac.jp

Sponsor
Institute	Tohoku Univeristy
Institute
Department

Funding Source
Organization	Sharp Corporation
Organization
Division
Category of Funding Organization	Profit organization
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Secondary IDs
Secondary IDs	NO
Study ID_1
Org. issuing International ID_1
Study ID_2
Org. issuing International ID_2
IND to MHLW

Institutions
Institutions

Other administrative information
Date of disclosure of the study information	2016 Year 05 Month 10 Day

Progress
Recruitment status	Completed
Date of protocol fixation	2016 Year 04 Month 01 Day
Anticipated trial start date	2016 Year 04 Month 06 Day
Last follow-up date
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Date trial data considered complete
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Related information
URL releasing protocol
Publication of results	Unpublished
URL releasing results
Results
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Management information
Registered date	2016 Year 05 Month 09 Day
Last modified on	2016 Year 11 Month 08 Day

Link to view the page
URL(English)	https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/icdr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000025637