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Socially Assistive Robots for Interaction With Older Adults With Dementia

NCT04384978 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2024-07-23

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Summary

A 12-month pilot study will be comprised of two groups of people diagnosed with mild Alzheimer's disease and related dementia for a total of 80 senior subjects. Subjects will be randomly assigned to two groups: Group 1 users will play games with and administered by Ryan, 2-3 times a week and 30-minutes per day. Group 2 (Active Control Group) will play solitary games and activities but will have to interaction with Ryan. The team will measure the changes and improvement in the social/emotional well-being of these two groups and eventual changes in the cognitive/memory functions of elderly people living in the similar environment.

Conditions

  • Alzheimer Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Play Serious Games with a Social Robot (Ryan)

Active Group: Game play and physical activities with Ryan, a socially assistive robot developed at DreamFace Technologies,LLC.

BEHAVIORAL

Play Solitary Games Without a Social Robot

Control Group: Group 2 will play solitary games (e.g., word puzzles) and activities but will have no interaction with Ryan.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • DreamFace Technologies, LLC

    lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-12
Primary Completion
2022-03-06
Completion
2022-04-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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