RecruitingDementia of Alzheimer Type

Reducing African American's Alzheimer's Risk Through Exercise-Mild Cognitive Impairment (RAATE-MCI)

Eligible age

60+ yrs

Accepts

All genders

Locations

1 state

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About this study

The RAATE-MCI proposal is designed to determine the effects of physical activity on risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease in older African American adults. The study will compare a physical activity program to an active control group. RAATE-MCI is a 52-week randomized controlled trial. 144 African American adults aged 60 and older will be recruited.

Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center

You may qualify if…

✓ 1. are African American (self-identify)
✓ 2. are 60 and older
✓ 3. are physically capable of exercise
✓ 4. are willing to accept randomization
✓ 5. are willing to attend group sessions
✓ 6. plan to live in the study area over the next 13 months and capable of traveling to designated study facility for clinic visits and intervention sessions for the next year
✓ 7. are free of conditions (e.g. uncontrolled asthma, severe sickle cell disease, etc.) that would make regular exercise unsafe as deemed by the medical investigator
✓ 8. have not engaged in regular physical activity

You may not qualify if…

✕ 1. have cognitive impairment that would interfere with participating in a group discussion
✕ a. cognitive performance in the demented range (score \< 3 SDs below the mean on NIH Toolbox scores for their age and sex on at least one of the subtests)
✕ 2. meet criteria for dementia
✕ 3. are unwilling to give written informed consent or accept randomization in either study group
✕ 4. are too active (as defined by ≥10 min bouts of MVPA as measured by Actigraph) if:
✕ 1. Sum of MVPA bouts for the 7 day wear period ≥40 mins
✕ 2. Or ≤40 mins of MVPA 10min bouts AND ≥3 days of bouts
✕ 5. have uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure \> 150 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure \> 90 mmHg).

Where it's recruiting

Louisiana

Baton Rouge

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT04956549 · last updated 2025-03-17