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Cognitive Intervention With Go and Chess in Early and Subjective Cognitive Decline

NCT06281652 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2026-03-25

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial\]is to evaluate if learning to play traditional board games could improve cognition in subjects with mild cognitive impairment and subjective cognitive decline. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Do Go and Chess improve cognition?
* Is a game better than the other? Is the effect of both games on cognition synergistic?
* Do Go and Chess improve quality of life?
* Do Go and Chess improve mood?
* Do Go and Chess improve lifestyle?

Participants will be randomized to one of four groups:

* Group intervention with Go, once a week, for 12 weeks
* Group intervention with Chess, once a week, for 12 weeks
* Group intervention with Go and Chess, twice a week, for 12 weeks
* Control group

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Go classes

Classes of board games (Go), performed in groups of 6-10 subjects, once a week

OTHER

Chess classes

Classes of board games (Chess), performed in groups of 6-10 subjects, once a week

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Milano Bicocca

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lucio Tremolizzo, MD, PhD · Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-13
Primary Completion
2025-02-13
Completion
2025-02-13

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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Diseases

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