UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Basic information
Official scientific title of the study	The neural mechanisms of reminiscence therapy and their relation to aging
Title of the study (Brief title)	The neural correlates of reminiscence therapy
Region	Japan

Condition
Condition	Dementia, Depression
Classification by specialty	Adult
Classification by malignancy	Others
Genomic information	NO

Objectives
Narrative objectives1	Reminiscence therapy is one of the psychotherapy known to have mood improving effect on the dementia and depressed subjects. However, the neural mechanisms underlying that effect remain unknown. The objectives of this study were to reveal 1) the neural correlates of mood improving effect, 2) the effect of emotional valence (positive or negative) at the time of experiencing on the neural correlates of reminiscence, and 3) the aging effect of these neural correlates.
Basic objectives2	Efficacy
Basic objectives -Others
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Developmental phase

Assessment
Primary outcomes	brain activity during reminiscing autobiographical memory acquired by functional MRI
Key secondary outcomes

Base
Study type	Interventional

Study design
Basic design	Single arm
Randomization	Non-randomized
Randomization unit
Blinding	Open -no one is blinded
Control	Self control
Stratification
Dynamic allocation
Institution consideration
Blocking
Concealment

Intervention
No. of arms	1
Purpose of intervention	Treatment
Type of intervention	Maneuver
Interventions/Control_1	We'll perform emotional autobiographical memory reminiscence task during functional MRI scanning (around 1 hour).
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Eligibility
Age-lower limit	18 years-old <=
Age-upper limit	Not applicable
Gender	Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria	young group: undergraduate and graduate student older group: people who are over 65 years old
Key exclusion criteria	(1) people who have ferromagnetic items inside and surface of the body (such as pacemeker, aneurysm clip and tattoo), who are claustrophobic, and who are in pregnancy. (2) people who have past and present medical history of psychiatric and neurological disorders (3) people who are left-handedness (4) people who are extreme myopia (5) people who have auditory impairment
Target sample size	80

Research contact person
Name of lead principal investigator	Motoaki Sugiura
Organization	Tohoku University
Division name	Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer
Address	4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
TEL	022-717-8563
Email	motoaki.sugiura.d6@tohoku.ac.jp

Public contact
Name of contact person	Kentaro Oba
Organization	Tohoku University
Division name	Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer
Address	4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
TEL	022-717-8563
Homepage URL
Email	kentaro.oba.c6@tohoku.ac.jp

Sponsor
Institute	Tohoku University
Institute
Department

Funding Source
Organization	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Organization
Division
Category of Funding Organization	Japanese Governmental office
Nationality of Funding 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
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Other administrative information
Date of disclosure of the study information	2017 Year 04 Month 18 Day

Progress
Recruitment status	Open public recruiting
Date of protocol fixation	2017 Year 04 Month 14 Day
Anticipated trial start date	2017 Year 05 Month 15 Day
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Related information
URL releasing protocol
Publication of results	Unpublished
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Management information
Registered date	2017 Year 04 Month 17 Day
Last modified on	2018 Year 04 Month 18 Day

Link to view the page
URL(English)	https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/icdr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000030977