Brain Health on College Campuses

NCT06724887 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 24-877
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Center for BrainHealth is beginning a one-year pilot with local college campuses investigating the impact of (i) brain health assessment and training tools delivered through the online BrainHealth Platform and (ii) in-person educational brain health workshops delivered to college students and faculty/staff, with the overarching goal to better understand how to promote brain-healthier campuses (i.e., reflecting generally positive function across cognitive, social, emotional, and lifestyle domains). This initial study is intended to be a one-year pilot, with findings informing feasibility and efficacy as well as future, more extended and expanded study informing translation to other colleges/universities.

Conditions

Health Behavior; Life Style, Healthy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• BrainHealth Index (BHI)

  The investigators will assess change on a holistic measure of cognitive, social, well-being, and daily life health on the BrainHealth Index across multiple timepoints. (Min value = 16, Max value = 1032) (Higher score represents better outcome)

  Baseline (Month 0), Month 3, Month 6, Month 9, Month 12

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Level of Real-Life Responsibilities Survey

  Baseline (Month 0), Month 3, Month 6, Month 9, Month 12

Other Outcomes (3)

• Grade Point Average (GPA)

  Baseline (Month 0), Month 3, Month 6, Month 9, Month 12

• Course Completion

  Baseline (Month 0), Month 3, Month 6, Month 9, Month 12

• Program Retention and Completion

  Baseline (Month 0), Month 3, Month 6, Month 9, Month 12

Study Arms (1)

Brain Health Training and Education

EXPERIMENTAL

Online and in-person training and education around brain-health strategies and lifestyle practices.

Behavioral: Brain Health Strategy Training and Education

Interventions

Brain Health Strategy Training and Education BEHAVIORAL

Initial training strategies cover Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Tactics (SMART), and subsequent training extends the SMART principles to other life-applications such as stress management, sleep, and lifestyle. Virtual and in-person workshops will expand on topics such as stress management, sleep, resilience, and mental well-being, with an emphasis on how practicing and implementing brain healthy strategies can impact everyday life. For faculty/staff, we will also offer interactive workshops on how to create a brain healthy environment and classroom, including ways to implement and provide brain-healthy strategies and resources in their everyday operations involving students.

Brain Health Training and Education

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 110 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Minimum age of 18
• Either enrolled as a student and/or employed as staff/faculty at UTD or Dallas College
• Internet and device access
• Must be able to hear and read over the computer
• Fluent English speaker

You may not qualify if:

• Currently or previously enrolled in The BrainHealth Project (NCT04869111)
• Diagnosed neurodegenerative disease
• History of stroke, concussion, or brain injury that currently hinders participant from functioning at their prior level
• Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and not functioning independently

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Texas at Dallas: lead
• Meadows Foundation: collaborator
• Hoglund Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Dallas College

Dallas, Texas, 75215, United States

RECRUITING

University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, Texas, 75080, United States

RECRUITING

Related Publications (4)

• Chapman SB, Fratantoni JM, Robertson IH, D'Esposito M, Ling GSF, Zientz J, Vernon S, Venza E, Cook LG, Tate A, Spence JS. A Novel BrainHealth Index Prototype Improved by Telehealth-Delivered Training During COVID-19. Front Public Health. 2021 Mar 16;9:641754. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.641754. eCollection 2021.

  PMID: 33796498 BACKGROUND

• Zientz J, Spence JS, Chung SSE, Nanda U, Chapman SB. Exploring how brain health strategy training informs the future of work. Front Psychol. 2023 Sep 12;14:1175652. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1175652. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 37771803 BACKGROUND

• Chapman SB, Aslan S, Spence JS, Hart JJ Jr, Bartz EK, Didehbani N, Keebler MW, Gardner CM, Strain JF, DeFina LF, Lu H. Neural mechanisms of brain plasticity with complex cognitive training in healthy seniors. Cereb Cortex. 2015 Feb;25(2):396-405. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bht234. Epub 2013 Aug 28.

  PMID: 23985135 BACKGROUND

• Gamino JF, Chapman SB, Hull EL, Lyon GR. Effects of higher-order cognitive strategy training on gist-reasoning and fact-learning in adolescents. Front Psychol. 2010 Dec 9;1:188. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00188. eCollection 2010.

  PMID: 21833248 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Interventions

Educational Status

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Lori Cook, PhD

  The University of Texas at Dallas

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Lori Cook, PhD

CONTACT

972-883-3409; lori.cook@utdallas.edu

Erin Venza, MS

CONTACT

972-883-3208; erin.venza@utdallas.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor, Chief Director of UTD Center for BrainHealth

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 4, 2024
• First Posted: December 9, 2024
• Study Start: January 13, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2027
• Last Updated: February 3, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (2)