Memory Enhancement Training for Healthy Aging and MCI

This study is looking at a memory enhancement technique called Strategy Based Training to Enhance Memory (STEM) for people aged 60 and older. STEM involves 8 sessions where you learn and practice memory techniques for daily life. The researchers want to see if this training can improve your verbal learning and how well you participate in everyday activities. To join, you need to read and speak English fluently and not have certain neurological conditions, psychiatric illnesses, or a history of significant alcohol or drug abuse. The study plans to enroll 40 participants, but its current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 40 participants. The study is testing a behavioral intervention.
What's involved
You will participate in an 8-session treatment protocol. Your verbal learning and participation in everyday life will be measured at three points: before treatment, right after treatment, and 6 months after treatment ends.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
You will be followed for 6 months after the treatment is completed.

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NCT06269939

Theory-Driven Manualized Approach to Improving New Learning and Memory in Healthy Aging and MCI

Recruiting
NAAges 60+InterventionalTreatment
Kessler Foundation
~40 participants
Updated 2026-07-22 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:STEM

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Verbal Leaning task
Measured over Three points in time: pre-treatment, immediately following treatment, and 6- months after treatment is completed]
+1 more outcome measured
Aging

NCT06269939

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 Jerseystudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

read and speak English fluently

Exclusion

prior stroke or neurological injury/disease (i.e. traumatic brain injury, Multiple Sclerosis, or Stroke).
history of significant psychiatric illness (for example, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis).
significant alcohol or drug abuse history (inpatient treatment).
Benzodiazepines and steroid use
Diagnosis of dementia
  • Verbal Leaning taskThree points in time: pre-treatment, immediately following treatment, and 6- months after treatment is completed]

    Change in total score from Open-Trial Selective Reminding Test (OT-SRT)

  • Participation in Everyday lifeThree points in time: pre-treatment, immediately following treatment, and 6- months after treatment is completed]

    Change in total score from Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools