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Alzheimer DiseaseNCT04800588

Computerized Tests of Cognitive Decline in Presymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease

A study testing California Cognitive Assessment Battery in people with Alzheimer Disease and Cognitive Decline, run by Neurobehavioral Systems, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

The investigators will study performance on computerized cognitive tasks in healthy participants of different ages to gather normative data for newly developed computerized cognitive tests. These tests are designed to permit the early detection of individuals at risk of age-related cognitive decline. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 89 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Alzheimer Disease, Cognitive Decline, Aging
What is being tested?
California Cognitive Assessment Battery
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
2,000 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
5 May 2021to 31 Mar 2027
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 89 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Must be able to use computer mouse and touch screen
  • Must speak English as a primary language
  • Must speak Spanish as a primary language (for Latino participants completing our Spanish translation)

Who cannot join

  • History of psychiatric disorder
  • History of stroke or transient ischemic attack
  • History of substance abuse
  • History of medical or sensory disorders that are incompatible with effective testing
  • History of traumatic brain injury with hospitalization and extended loss of consciousness
  • History of epilepsy
  • History of depression or anxiety

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Neurobehavioral Systems, Inc.

    Berkeley, California, 94704

    Kathleen Hall, PhD, 510-214-3176, clinical_trial_coordinator@neurobs.com

    Isabella Coordinator, clinical_trial_coordinator@neurobs.com

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About this study

The investigators will study performance on computerized cognitive tasks in healthy participants of different ages to gather normative data for newly developed computerized cognitive tests. These tests are designed to permit the early detection of individuals at risk of age-related cognitive decline.

Read the detailed description

In Group A, the investigators will evaluate the performance of healthy older participants (N = 300, age range 60 to 89 years) for three days at enrollment and then at 6-month intervals for three years thereafter. The goal is to characterize changes in performance to aging and task experience in a group of older subjects.

In Group B, the investigators will compare the performance of normal participants (N = 100, age range 18 to 89) on computerized and manually administered cognitive tasks.

In Group C, the investigators will gather normative data from participants across the age range (N = 100, ages 18 to 89) for three days at enrollment, to better characterize test-retest reliability scores on Day 1 tasks.

In Group D, the investigators will evaluate the performance of healthy older participants (N = 1200, age range 60 to 89 years) for three days at enrollment and then at 6-month intervals for three years thereafter. In the aim of better understanding health disparities in cognitive testing, this group will be divided into four cohorts: 300 African American participants; 300 Asian American participants; 300 Latino English-speaking participants; and 300 Latino Spanish-speaking participants, who will complete a Spanish translation of our computerized cognitive tests.

Being tested
California Cognitive Assessment Battery
Keywords
Aging, Elderly, Alzheimer's disease, Cognition, Computerized, Testing
Medical subject headings
Alzheimer Disease, Cognitive Dysfunction

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • California Cognitive Assessment BatteryDiagnostic test

    Also called CCAB

    The California Cognitive Assessment Battery (CCAB) is a collection of computerized cognitive tests that will be telemedically administered to participants in their homes using a tablet computer and accessories provided by the research team. Testing may also occur in research laboratories. Previous versions of CCAB tests have been described in 16 manuscripts which describe (a) the psychometric characteristics of normative data collected in large participant populations (300 to 2,300 subjects for different tests) and (b) the sensitivity of CCAB tests for detecting performance abnormalities in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and in control participants simulating the cognitive deficits that follow mild TBI.

Study groups in NCT04800588
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Older participant groupExperimentalWe will evaluate the performance of healthy older participants (N = 300, age range 60 to 89 years) for three days at enrollment and then at 6-month intervals for three years thereafter. The goal is to characterize changes in performance to aging and task experience in a group of older subjects.
Receives: Diagnostic Test: California Cognitive Assessment Battery
CCAB vs. manual test groupExperimentalWe will compare the performance of normal participants (N = 100, age range 18 to 89) on computerized and manually administered cognitive tasks.
Receives: Diagnostic Test: California Cognitive Assessment Battery
Test-Retest Reliability groupExperimentalWe will gather normative data from participants across the age range (N = 100, ages 18 to 89) for three days at enrollment, to better characterize test-retest reliability scores on Day 1 tasks.
Receives: Diagnostic Test: California Cognitive Assessment Battery
Health Disparities groupExperimentalWe will evaluate the performance of healthy older participants (N = 1200, age range 50 to 89 years) for three days at enrollment and then at 6-month intervals for three years thereafter. In the aim of better understanding health disparities in cognitive testing, this group will be divided into four cohorts: 300 African American participants; 300 Asian American participants; 300 Latino English-speaking participants; and 300 Latino Spanish-speaking participants, who will complete a Spanish translation of our computerized cognitive tests.
Receives: Diagnostic Test: California Cognitive Assessment Battery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Longitudinal normative data collection from healthy participants

    Multiple behavioral outcome measures will be obtained from each cognitive test including measures of response time (in milliseconds) and accuracy (in percent correct). Recordings of subject's verbal responses will also be analyzed phonologically and automatically transcribed to permit the lexical, syntactic, and semantic analysis of speech output. Questionnaire data will be used to identify factors that may influence performance on the cognitive tests. The primary outcome measures are the scores obtained during enrollment testing that predict a decline in longitudinal performance.

    Measured: Longitudinal testing at six-month intervals

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted16 Mar 2021
  2. Study start5 May 2021
  3. Primary completion31 Mar 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Mar 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
2,000 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04800588
Sponsor's protocol ID
4R44AG062076
Status last verified
May 2025
First submitted
10 Mar 2021
Last updated
22 May 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Woods DL, Kishiyamaa MM, Lund EW, Herron TJ, Edwards B, Poliva O, Hink RF, Reed B. Improving digit span assessment of short-term verbal memory. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2011 Jan;33(1):101-11. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2010.493149.

    PubMed 20680884
  • Woods DL, Herron TJ, Yund EW, Hink RF, Kishiyama MM, Reed B. Computerized analysis of error patterns in digit span recall. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2011 Aug;33(7):721-34. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2010.550602.

    PubMed 21957866
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Herron TJ, Yund EW. The Effects of Repeat Testing, Malingering, and Traumatic Brain Injury on Computerized Measures of Visuospatial Memory Span. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016 Jan 5;9:690. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00690. eCollection 2015.

    PubMed 26779001
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Herron TJ, Yund EW. An improved spatial span test of visuospatial memory. Memory. 2016 Sep;24(8):1142-55. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1076849. Epub 2015 Sep 11.

    PubMed 26357906
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Herron TJ, Yund EW. The Bay Area Verbal Learning Test (BAVLT): Normative Data and the Effects of Repeated Testing, Simulated Malingering, and Traumatic Brain Injury. Front Hum Neurosci. 2017 Jan 12;10:654. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00654. eCollection 2016.

    PubMed 28127280
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Herron TJ, Yund EW, Reed B. The Dyad-Adaptive Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (DA-PASAT): Normative data and the effects of repeated testing, simulated malingering, and traumatic brain injury. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 20;13(4):e0178148. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178148. eCollection 2018.

    PubMed 29677192
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Herron TJ, Yund EW. The Effects of Aging, Malingering, and Traumatic Brain Injury on Computerized Trail-Making Test Performance. PLoS One. 2015 Jun 10;10(6):e0124345. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124345. eCollection 2015.

    PubMed 26060999
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Yund EW, Herron TJ, Reed B. Factors influencing the latency of simple reaction time. Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 Mar 26;9:131. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00131. eCollection 2015.

    PubMed 25859198
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Yund EW, Herron TJ. The Effects of Repeated Testing, Simulated Malingering, and Traumatic Brain Injury on High-Precision Measures of Simple Visual Reaction Time. Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 Nov 9;9:540. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00540. eCollection 2015.

    PubMed 26617505
  • Hubel KA, Reed B, Yund EW, Herron TJ, Woods DL. Computerized measures of finger tapping: effects of hand dominance, age, and sex. Percept Mot Skills. 2013 Jun;116(3):929-52. doi: 10.2466/25.29.PMS.116.3.929-952.

    PubMed 24175464
  • Hubel KA, Yund EW, Herron TJ, Woods DL. Computerized measures of finger tapping: reliability, malingering and traumatic brain injury. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2013;35(7):745-58. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2013.824070. Epub 2013 Aug 15.

    PubMed 23947782
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Yund EW, Herron TJ. The Effects of Repeated Testing, Simulated Malingering, and Traumatic Brain Injury on Visual Choice Reaction Time. Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 Nov 24;9:595. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00595. eCollection 2015.

    PubMed 26635569
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Yund EW, Herron TJ, Reed B. Age-related slowing of response selection and production in a visual choice reaction time task. Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 Apr 23;9:193. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00193. eCollection 2015.

    PubMed 25954175
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Herron TJ, Yund EW. Computerized Analysis of Verbal Fluency: Normative Data and the Effects of Repeated Testing, Simulated Malingering, and Traumatic Brain Injury. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 9;11(12):e0166439. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166439. eCollection 2016.

    PubMed 27936001
  • Woods DL, Wyma JM, Herron TJ, Yund EW. A Computerized Test of Design Fluency. PLoS One. 2016 May 3;11(5):e0153952. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153952. eCollection 2016.

    PubMed 27138985

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing California Cognitive Assessment Battery in people with Alzheimer Disease and Cognitive Decline, run by Neurobehavioral Systems, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Kathleen Hall, PhD (510-214-3176, clinical_trial_coordinator@neurobs.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Longitudinal normative data collection from healthy participants (time frame: Longitudinal testing at six-month intervals). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04800588, which also lists 16 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 May 2025.

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