NCT05481749 · RECRUITING
Neuropsychological Assessment Of The Oldest-Old Population.(NEUROPSIC-GR)
This study is not testing a drug or treatment. It gives 18 memory and thinking tests to people over 80 who show no signs of dementia, to learn what normal scores look like at that age. Current tests weren't built for the oldest adults. No phase is listed. Better benchmarks could help doctors read results more accurately.
You may qualify if
- 80 or more years old
- Residence at Comarca del Garraf
- Able to be transfered to study center
- Sufficient reading and writing capacity to carry out the neuropsychological tests, at the evaluator's discretion.
You're excluded if
- Patient at end-of-life situation or with a very short life expectancy (days-weeks).
- Hospital admission in the previous 3 months.
- History of relevant mental illness: major depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Disease of the central nervous system with possible cognitive impairment: Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, brain tumor, stroke with cognitive impairment, epilepsy, severe traumatic brain injury.
- History of alcoholism or substance abuse.
- Severe sensory deficit that prevents performing neuropsychological tests, at the discretion of the evaluator.
- Positive Shortened Spanish Informant Questionnaire for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly questionnaire (SS-IQCODE) or Lobo's Cognitive Mini-examination Test (spanish adaptation of Minimental of Folstein test) with a score \< 23 (20 in people with low schooling or illiteracy).
- Dementia criteria according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV.
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2025-06-26