Clinical trial · Interventional
Virtual Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy: a Proof of Concept Study
Virtual CST - A Collaborative Proof of Concept Study With FaceCog HK in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Due to COVID-19, the routine treatment for dementia, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), is currently suspended in multiple countries. Access to treatment is, therefore, paramount. The investigators seek to bridge the current treatment gap with a virtual and individual form of CST, called Virtual Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (V-iCST). This psychosocial intervention was adapted from the key principles of CST and developed within the Medical Research Council (MRC) framework for complex interventions. The investigators aim to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of V-iCST in a Randomized Controlled Trial. This is a feasibility randomized controlled trial (RCT) for Virtual Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (V-iCST), an evidence-based teletherapy for people with mild to moderate dementia. This psychosocial intervention is adapted from a routine and established dementia treatment, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, and developed within the Medical Research Council (MRC) framework for complex interventions.
Conditions
Conditions (11)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dementia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dementia Alzheimers | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dementia Frontal | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dementia Frontotemporal | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dementia, Mild | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dementia, Mixed | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dementia Moderate | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dementia, Multi-Infarct | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dementia of Alzheimer Type | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dementia, Vascular |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Individual Cognitive Simulation Therapy | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Virtual Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- description
- Virtual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (V-iCST), a psychosocial intervention, is a modified version of CST for people with mild to moderate dementia. Like the original CST, each of the 14 sessions will begin with a "warm-up activity," which includes an orientation task and discussion of current affairs, followed by a main activity. V-iCST will be prescribed to participants twice a week, for 7 weeks and each session is approx. 45 minutes. The intervention will be delivered by trained professionals, such as research staff, psychologists, and trainee clinical psychologists. All facilitators will have experience in dementia care and will have completed the CST training.
- interventionNames
- Other: Virtual Individual Cognitive Simulation Therapy
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Treatment as usual
- description
- Standard care.
Primary outcomes (5)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of dementia, according to the DSM-IV 2. MoCA - BLIND ≥ 2 3. Age ≥ 18 4. Ability to communicate in English 5. Ability to complete outcome measures 6. Capacity to consent 7. Consent to video-conferencing 8. Access to video-conferencing Exclusion Criteria: 1\) Illness and disability that affects participation (as deemed by researcher)
References
Publications (6)
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