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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01103453
Date of registration: 07/04/2010
Primary sponsor: Carmel Medical Center
Public title: Change in Executive Function and IADL Using a Virtual Supermarket Environment Among People With MCI EF-VAPS
Scientific title: Change in Executive Functions and in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living as a Result of Intervention by Virtual Supermarket Environment Among People With Mild Cognitive Impairment.
Date of first enrolment: November 2010
Target sample size: 10
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01103453
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Israel
Contacts
Name:   Gary Sinoff, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +972-4-8250552
Email: GarySi@clalit.org.il
Affiliation: 
Name:   Gary Sinoff, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +972-4-8250552
Email: GarySi@clalit.org.il
Affiliation: 
Name:   Gary Sinoff, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Carmel Medical center, Haifa, Israel
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 60+

- Diagnosed as suffering from MCI

- No impaired judgement

- Verbal and written proficiency in Hebrew

- Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing ability

- Independent in ADL function

- Lives in the community

- Able to perform task of shopping.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Suffering from other coexistent neurological diseases (e.g. stroke, muscular
dystrophy)

- Has acute arthritis

- Poorly controlled hypothyroidism

- Suffering from physical or sensory limitations, as by self-report or noted by the
investigator, that may limit the use of a computer's mouse

- No skills in performing shopping task

- Defined as suffering from depression as determined by the rating scale for depression

- Diagnosed as suffering from dementia as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders criteria (DSM-IV)



Age minimum: 60 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Lack of Physical Activity
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Virtual Action Planning Supermarket (VAP-S) Software
Primary Outcome(s)
Improvement in executive functions by means of comparison to the results on the NexAde® computerized test. [Time Frame: 1 month after intervention]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Improved performance in IADL, both generally and especially in shopping task. [Time Frame: 1 month after intervention]
Secondary ID(s)
CMC090105CTIL
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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