Recruiting

utmbHealthyBrain

Sponsor:

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Code:

NCT07313540

Conditions

Aging

Dementia

Cognitive Decline

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 50 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

utmbHealthyBrain Smartphone App

Study Details

Brief summary:

The objective of this project is to test the feasibility of using a smartphone app in a community setting through collaborating with community-based organizations. The app is called utmbHealthyBrain and it has three activities: (1) drawing, (2) Tai-Chi and meditation, and (3) prayer reading. It also has a "share" function to enable users to interact with their family and friend. These activities can be translated to humans' well-beings such as a more stable emotion, more muscle movement, and better social engagement. This app does not collect any personal data and users are not required to register an account either. The overall study period is 6 weeks including one introduction session (week 1), four weeks of intervention (week 2 to 5), and final feedback session (week 6).

Conditions

Aging

Dementia

Cognitive Decline

Study ID

NCT07313540

Start date

Oct 22, 2026

Status verified date

Mar, 2026

Completion date

Oct, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 50 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Individuals aged 50+ who has a primary source of assistance (no age limitation for the caregiver)
2. Both care recipient and caregiver can participate in the study for six weeks in total,
3. Both care recipient and caregiver can read, listen, write, and speak English
4. Both care recipient and caregiver have a personal smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. People who are diagnosed with any middle to severe cognitive symptoms (dementia or Alzheimer's Disease) or any psychiatric disease (depression, bipolar, PTSD, Schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, eating disorders)
2. People who are at hospice care
3. People who plan to move out of the current area in one year, and (4) people younger than 50 (but no age limitation for caregivers)

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention Group

Twenty pairs of care recipients and caregivers (total: 40 people) will be recruited to the study and required to download the app to their phone and use it three times a week for four weeks. Tools to collect data include (1) one participation log, (2) two mood tests before and after the intervention, and (3) one feedback survey after the intervention.

Interventions

utmbHealthyBrain Smartphone App

a wellness product related to relaxation and stress management and presents a low risk to the safety of users and other persons

Primary outcome measure

  • Feasibility of a smartphone app intervention [ Time Frame: 3 times per week for 4 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Wei-Chen Lee, PhD

409-747-2649weilee@utmb.edu

Locations

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Recruiting

Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555

Contacts

Wei-Chen Lee, PhD

409-747-2649weilee@utmb.edu

More Information

Sponsor

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Last update posted

Nov 5, 2026

Last verified

Mar, 2026

Keywords

  • Smarthphone
  • Tai-Chi
  • Meditation

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-11-06. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston on 2026-11-05. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.