NCT04638413

Cognitive Training Through Gaming and Walking

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This pilot study evaluated the feasibility of combining daily walking and gamified inhibitory control training. Feasibility was defined by recruitment, retention, and adherence to arm requirements, with secondary, exploratory analyses examining cognitive function outcomes

Detailed description

This pilot study evaluated the feasibility of combining a walking regimen with gamified inhibitory control training (PolyRules!), compared to walking alone, on cognitive outcomes among healthy adults (ages 18 and over). Participants (n=30) will first be asked to wear a Fitbit for one week to capture baseline activity. Participants will then be randomized to (1) walking alone regimen or (2) walking + gamified inhibitory control training for three weeks. Cognitive assessments will be conducted at enrollment and at the end of the 4-week study protocol. The primary outcome of the pilot trial is feasibility as defined by recruitment, retention, and adherence to arm requirements. Engagement and adherence will be operationalized as the frequency and duration of cognitive training passively recorded on the PolyRules! app and frequency and duration of walking as monitored by Fitbit data. Secondary outcomes examined cognitive function outcomes performance: changes in attention and inhibitory control \[Cancellation task, Flanker task, and Rule Set task\]; And working memory capacity \[N-Back task, Letter-Numbers task, and Corsi task\]. Qualitative indicators will also be collected via semi-structured interviews to capture participants' satisfaction, perceived benefits of- and/or barriers to engaging with the cognitive training and/or walking regimens.

Conditions

• Healthy Lifestyle

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Walking (W)	Participants engage in 30 min of walking daily, for three weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Walking + PolyRules! (W+PolyRules!)	Participants alternate between 30 min of walking on half of the days and 30 min of gamified inhibitory control on the other days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-26
• Primary completion: 2023-01-04
• Completion: 2025-02-12
• First posted: 2020-11-20
• Last updated: 2025-11-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States