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NCT number NCT04558164
Other study ID # 20-001417
Secondary ID R01AG068317
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date January 26, 2021
Est. completion date June 30, 2025

Study information

Verified date March 2024
Source University of California, Los Angeles
Contact Sonja Hiller
Phone 310-210-6978
Email suthanalab@mednet.ucla.edu
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if stimulation of the brain can improve memory. The investigators will use a device called transcranial magnetic stimulation that can stimulate and activate a specific part of the brain that is important for memory. The study will enroll MCI subjects and subjects with subjective memory complaints who will be randomly assigned to receive active or sham brain stimulation. 'Blinded' or 'sham-controlled' means that the subject will not know whether the treatment they receive is the active treatment or the non-active stimulation. In the 'sham' condition, the stimulator will turn on but will not actually be stimulating the target brain region.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 70
Est. completion date June 30, 2025
Est. primary completion date May 30, 2025
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 55 Years to 100 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Agreement to participate in the study - 55-100 years of age - Right-handedness - In good general health - Living independently - Subjective memory complaints (self-report and positive score on MFQ) - Katz ADL scale and Lawton iADL scale: We will review scores on a case-by-case basis if they did not score 100%. We will exclude if the scores show impairment in ADLs that suggests problems with independent functioning due to cognitive impairment. - MMSE score > 24 - PHQ Depression score =< 7 - Ability to read, write, and speak English fluently - Diagnosis of mild neurocognitive disorder according to DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) criteria. Participants with subjective memory complaints without an aMCI diagnosis will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis based on neuropsychological scores. Participants scoring a raw score of 0 or 3 standard deviations below normative expectations on the long delay recall in two or more of the three tasks (BVMT-R, RCFT, and CVLT-III) will be excluded. - No change in use of psychotropic medication for treatment of depression, anxiety, ADHS or psychosis 1 month prior and during the study. Screening diagnostic criteria for aMCI will be subjective memory complaints, intact instrumental and basic activities of daily living (Smith et al., 1996), PHQ, MMSE, BVMT-R (25-minute delay), CVLT-II (20-minute delay), Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Task (30-minute delay). Baseline assessments will include neuropsychological testing of all study subjects. Exclusion Criteria: - Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent - Diagnosis of dementia - Active major medical, psychiatric, or neurologic disorder associated with neurocognitive impairment - History of alcohol or substance abuse - Recent (< 6 months) alcohol or substance abuse (excluding nicotine or caffeine) - History of stroke (if the stroke in our judgment is related to the memory problem), traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness, or other neurologic disorder (e.g., epilepsy, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease) - Non-English speaking participants - Not right handed based on self-report or evaluation based on a standard report - Has received TMS before (not TMS naïve) - Poorly controlled hypertension or cardiovascular disease - Current enrollment in a memory-enhancement study or course - Contraindication to TMS or MRI including claustrophobia, metal in body, surgery within 60 days, certain implants, or previous abnormal MRI results. - scanning facial tattoos is okay if safe with MRI - is taking: - anticholinergic medication (e.g., Detrol, Cogentin); - sedating antihistamine (e.g., Benadryl); - any drug that has significant anticholinergic or antihistaminic side effects (e.g., tricyclic antidepressant medications, Remeron). - benzodiazepines. While not a strict rule out, this will be decided on a case-by-case basis depending on the dose.

Study Design


Intervention

Device:
Active Theta Burst Stimulation
Theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TBS) will be delivered at 80-100% of motor threshold (MT).
Sham Theta Burst Stimulation
Sham stimulation will be delivered at 0-10% of motor threshold (MT), with all other parameters matching the active TBS condition.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of California, Los Angeles National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Verbal recall performance change Verbal memory will be measured using a free recall task where participants learn a list of everyday words and are asked to recall as many words as they can remember after a period of distraction. Proportion of recollected words will be used to quantify memory performance changes. Baseline: Day 2; During stimulation: Day 3, Day 7, Day 12, Day 17; Follow-up appointments: Day 18, Day 19, Day 20.
Primary Object recognition memory performance change Object memory will be measured using an recognition task where participants view photos of everyday objects and are asked to identify them as OLD or NEW during a memory test wherein unseen novel objects and very similar but new photos of identical objects are shown. Recollection and discrimination index will be used to quantify memory performance changes. Baseline: Day 2; During stimulation: Day 3, Day 7, Day 12, Day 17; Follow-up appointments: Day 18, Day 19, Day 20.
Primary Associative memory performance change Associative memory will be tested using the Face Name Memory Test wherein participants are shown faces and associated names. Participants are then shown faces only and asked to recall the associated name. Baseline: Day 2; During stimulation: Day 3, Day 7, Day 12, Day 17; Follow-up appointments: Day 18, Day 19, Day 20.
Secondary Resting state fMRI functional connectivity Resting state fMRI activity will be measured before the first and after the last TBS treatment Baseline (Day 2) before the first treatment and after the last treatment (Day 17)
Secondary EEG activity EEG functional connectivity with stimulated region and medial temporal source localized power in the theta band will be recorded during a resting period as well as during the treatment itself both before and after treatments During treatment (Days 3, 7 and 12), after the last treatment (Day 17), and 2 month follow-up session (Day 20)
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