NCT01659398

Enhanced External Counterpulsation and Its Effects on Vascular Hemodynamics in Cognitively Impaired Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: EARLY_Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 8 (actual)
• Sponsor: Patrick Moriarty, MD, FACP, FACC · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate whether enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) therapy for 7 consecutive weeks will improve cerebral blood flow and possibly over time enhance or slow down breakdown of cognitive function in patients diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Conditions

• Mild Cognitive Impairment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	External Counterpulsation (EECP)	A noninvasive neuroimaging technique. Administration of 35 hours EECP therapy over a 7 week period. EECP to be administered for 1 hour, 5 times a week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-06-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2014-10-01
• First posted: 2012-08-07
• Last updated: 2016-01-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States