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Behavioral Intervention

Piano Training for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Jenay Beer, Ph.D.
Research Sponsored by University of Georgia
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 6-months
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will use a robot to teach cognitively impaired older adults how to play music on the piano in order to improve their social skills.

Eligible Conditions
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Aging

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6-months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6-months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Continuous Performance Test
Non-Verbal Reasoning Test
Shifting Attention Test
+4 more
Secondary study objectives
DeJong Loneliness Scale
NASA TLX
Technology Acceptance - TAM3
Other study objectives
Global deterioration scale

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Socially Assistive Robot InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Piano training intervention led by a semi-autonomous socially assistive robot
Group II: Content Only InterventionActive Control1 Intervention
Piano training intervention using the same curriculum displayed on a computer monitor, without the socially assistive robot tutor.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Piano Training
2015
N/A
~100

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of GeorgiaLead Sponsor
103 Previous Clinical Trials
45,008 Total Patients Enrolled
Applied Universal Dynamics, Corp.UNKNOWN
Van Robotics, Inc.UNKNOWN
~12 spots leftby Nov 2025
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