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

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02561403

Run by

San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

People needed

89

Starts

2016-03-01

Expected to finish

2019-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-29

Who can join

Age: 60 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ages 60-85
• Have experienced more than one mild TBI or at least one moderate TBI over their lifetime
• Have current cognitive problems based on self-report
• Vision adequate to see test stimuli
• Hearing adequate to understand the examiner
• Fluent in English in order to understand task instructions
• Demonstrate capacity to consent to participate in research
• Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE) score ≥ 25

You may not qualify if…

• History of penetrating brain injury
• Active disabling neurological condition (e.g., stroke, brain tumor, multiple sclerosis)
• History of severe psychiatric illness (i.e., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder)
• Active drug use or active heavy alcohol use
• History of severe TBI
• History of a dementia diagnosis
• Individuals who are physically unable to use an iPad for 30 minutes at a time per day will be excluded, such as individuals with debilitating arthritis or tremor

Where it is running

• San Francisco VA Medical Center — San Francisco, California, United States
• Veterans Home of California — Yountville, California, United States

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