Methodology Issues in a Tailored Light Treatment for Persons With Dementia

Last updated: June 3, 2024
Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

N/A

Condition

Depression

Dementia

Sleep Disorders

Treatment

Inactive intervention

Tailored Active intervention

Clinical Study ID

NCT01816152
GCO 20-4007
7R01AG034157-11
  • Ages > 65
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

Tailored light treatment will increase sleep efficiency, reduce depression and reduce agitation scores in those with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD)

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • major organ failure,

  • major illness,

  • history of head injury,

  • hypertension or diabetes,

  • use psychotropic (sleep aid) medicine, obstructing cataracts, macular degeneration,and blindness

Study Design

Total Participants: 45
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Inactive intervention
Phase:
Study Start date:
January 01, 2020
Estimated Completion Date:
May 10, 2024

Study Description

In a within subjects, randomized placebo control study, a tailored light treatment will be used for short-term (4 weeks). Outcome measures include sleep measures (actigraphy), and questionnaires probing behavior and mood in those who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. After a 4-week washout period, a placebo control inactive light will be used for another 4 weeks.

Connect with a study center

  • ALbany County Nursing Home

    Albany, New York 12180
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Albany, New York 12204
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Hawthorne Ridge

    East Greenbush, New York 12180
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    New York, New York 10029
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Troy, New York 12180
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Case Western University

    Cleveland, Ohio 44106
    United States

    Site Not Available

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