NCT03370224
Application of the Modified Story Memory Technique (mSMT)© to Aging
Enrolling by Invitation
NAAges 65+InterventionalTreatmentKessler FoundationInvestigator-initiated
~33 participants
Updated 2025-08-11 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Memory retraining exercisesPlacebo control memory exercises
At a glance
Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in scores on standardized neuropsychological tests of memory using the California Verbal Learning Test
Measured over Scores will be assessed at five time-points: Baseline (week 1), immediately post-intervention (week 7) and 6, 12, 24 months, and 6 years post-intervention.
Conditions
NCT03370224
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Kessler Foundation
East Hanover, New Jerseyno site contact published
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Nancy D Chiaravalloti, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Kessler Foundation
Who to contact
This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov
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Eligibility criteria
Inclusion
older than 65
primary language is English.
Exclusion
diagnosis of any neurological condition (Alzheimer's disease, dementia, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Brain Injury, Parkinson's disease, etc.).
diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder such as post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
abuse of illicit drug within the past 6 months.
pacemaker or other implanted electrical device, brain stimulator, aneurysm clip (metal clips on the wall of a large artery), metallic prostheses (including metal pins and rods, heart valves, and internal hearing aids \[cochlear implants\]), permanent eyeliner, implanted delivery pumps, or shrapnel fragments.
dental implants
left handed.
What this trial measures
- Change in scores on standardized neuropsychological tests of memory using the California Verbal Learning TestScores will be assessed at five time-points: Baseline (week 1), immediately post-intervention (week 7) and 6, 12, 24 months, and 6 years post-intervention.
California Verbal Learning Test