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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00011776
Date of registration: 05/09/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Universitätsklinik Köln, Medizinische Psychologie |Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies
Public title: Cognitive stimulation in patients with Parkinson's Disease with cognitive impairment living in long-term care
Scientific title: Cognitive stimulation in patients with Parkinson's Disease with cognitive impairment living in long-term care
Date of first enrolment: 17/01/2017
Target sample size: 12
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00011776
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized controlled study; Masking: Blinded (masking used); Control: No treatment / Standard of care; Assignment: crossover; Study design purpose: treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name: Miriam    Dorn
Address:  Kerpenerstr. 62 50937 Köln Germany
Telephone: +49 221 478 32976
Email: miriam.dorn@uk-koeln.de
Affiliation:  Medizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies
Name: Elke    Kalbe
Address:  Kerpenerstraße 62 50937 Köln Germany
Telephone: +49 221 478-96244
Email: elke.kalbe@uk-koeln.de
Affiliation:  Universitätsklinik Köln, Medizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Clinical diagnosis conducted by neurologist or psychiatrist, mild to moderate dementia; Age: 50 years or older, mother tongue Dutch or very good skills in Dutch language; Good or sufficiently corrected vision and hearing
Exclusion criteria: MMSE overall score below 10 points; Major depression (operationalized by the CDS >12) (Rasmus, 2009); Alcohol and drug abuse in the last three years; Acute suicidal tendencies, acute psychotic symptoms, other serious / life-threatening comorbidities that oppose study participation

Age minimum: 50 Years
Age maximum: 100 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson disease

G20
Intervention(s)
Group 1: The study has a cross-over design. The patients are randomized into two groups (A and B) including max.10 patients. Group A receives the cognitive stimulation during the first phase (0 - 8 weeks) of the study, Group B after a waiting time of 8 weeks. The program takes place in small groups (3 - 5 individuals). The cognitive Stimulation program NEUROvitalis sinnreich, translated into Dutch, is used. The intervention extends over a period of eight weeks, twice a week (16 exercise units) for 60 minutes. In addition to cognitively stimulating exercises, the program also includes fine motor skills training as well as multisensory stimulation.
Neuropsychological testing takes place before and after the intervention period as well as a six-week follow-up.
Group 2: Group B receives no intervention ("usual care") during the first phase (week 0 - 8) and the Dutch version of the cognitive stimulation NEUROvitalis sinnreich, during the second phase (week 9 - 16). Neuropsychological testing takes place before and after the first phase (week 0 - 8, cross over design), after the intervention (week 16), and at six-week follow-up.
Primary Outcome(s)
Cognition: times of measurement: Baseline, Posttest, Follow up (after 6 weeks) CERAD (+ Trail Making A+B, letter fluency), Clock Drawing Test
Secondary Outcome(s)
Patient-Related Endpoints:

Quality of life: measuring instruments: EQ-5D-5L (self-administered), EQ-5D-5L (proxy-administered) Quality of Life in Dementia (Qualidem, proxy-administered)

Depression; Measuring instruments: geriatric depression scale (GDS, self-administered), Cornell depression scale (CDS, proxy-administered);

Behavioral and psychiatric symptoms; Measuring instrument: neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI, proxy-administered);

Activities of daily life (ADLs); Measuring instrument: Barthel Index (proxy-administered);

All endpoints are collected at the time of pre- and post-testing (short-term effect) and after 6 weeks (long-term effect)
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender Studies
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 07/01/2017
Contact:
meanderextra@mgzl.nl
Ethikkommission Lückerheide (Meander Wonen met Zorg) [Ethikkommission Lückerheide (Meander Wonen met Zorg), Kerkrade, NL
+31 45-574 88 00
meanderextra@mgzl.nl
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 30/06/2017
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00011776#studyResults
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