Cognitive Training in Heart Failure Study (CogTrain-HF)

Summary

The daily routine in clinical settings often showed cognitive impairments in patients with congestive heart failure, particularly in terms of executive functions, episodic memory, perceptual speed and attention. It is assumed that cognitive impairments in patients with congestive heart failure may lead to deficits in medication-adherence and self-care abilities, resulting in increased healthcare costs. Recent studies reported performance improvements after cognitive training that transferred to new, untrained tasks and abilities in healthy subjects across a wide range of ages. This study investigates the effects of cognitive training in patients with congestive heart failure.

Conditions

• Congestive Heart Failure
• Cognitive Impairment

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive training

Cognitive training on computer. Six sessions with different tasks: "Tiere merken" \& "Räumlich visuelles Training" (application BrainTwister) and "Taskswitching" (programmed with eprime)

BEHAVIORAL

Test of general knowledge

Training of general knowledge on computer. Six sessions with different topics.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Deutsche Stiftung für Herzforschung

  collaborator OTHER

• Universität des Saarlandes

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ingrid Kindermann, PD Dr.med. · University Hospital, Saarland

• Julia Karbach, Prof. · Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

• Sonja Wedegärtner, Dipl.Psych. · University Hospital, Saarland

• Maxie Bunz, Dipl.Psych. · University Hospital, Saarland

• Michael Böhm, Prof. · University Hospital, Saarland

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

85 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-01-31

Primary Completion

2019-06-03

Completion

2019-12-04

Countries

• Germany

Study Locations