NCT06281652

Cognitive Intervention With Go and Chess in Early and Subjective Cognitive Decline

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Milano Bicocca · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial\]is to evaluate if learning to play traditional board games could improve cognition in subjects with mild cognitive impairment and subjective cognitive decline. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do Go and Chess improve cognition? * Is a game better than the other? Is the effect of both games on cognition synergistic? * Do Go and Chess improve quality of life? * Do Go and Chess improve mood? * Do Go and Chess improve lifestyle? Participants will be randomized to one of four groups: * Group intervention with Go, once a week, for 12 weeks * Group intervention with Chess, once a week, for 12 weeks * Group intervention with Go and Chess, twice a week, for 12 weeks * Control group

Conditions

• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Subjective Cognitive Decline

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Go classes	Classes of board games (Go), performed in groups of 6-10 subjects, once a week
OTHER	Chess classes	Classes of board games (Chess), performed in groups of 6-10 subjects, once a week

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-13
• Primary completion: 2025-02-13
• Completion: 2025-02-13
• First posted: 2024-02-28
• Last updated: 2026-03-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy