NCT02561403

Brain Aging in Veterans (BRAVE) Training: A Cognitive Training Pilot Trial in Older Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury

Cognitive Reserve and Training in Older Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury: Study 2

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 89 (actual)
• Sponsor: San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to conduct a pilot trial investigating cognitive training in older Veterans with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to assess training effects, acceptability of training to participants, and to explore whether other factors influence training effects.

Detailed description

A study of older Veterans (60-85 years old) who have 1) a history of repetitive mild TBI or at least one moderate TBI and 2) subjective cognitive complaints. Participants will be randomized to one of three conditions for 4 weeks: Project:Evolution (EVO) multitask video game, EVO words video game, or an assessment only control condition. Participants will complete assessment visits at baseline, post-intervention (1 month after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention (4 months after baseline).

Conditions

• TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	EVO multitask video game	Participants will play a multitasking game for 4 weeks
BEHAVIORAL	EVO words video game	Participants will play a word puzzle game for 4 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-01
• Primary completion: 2019-01-01
• Completion: 2019-01-01
• First posted: 2015-09-28
• Last updated: 2019-04-29

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States