Effect of Intensive Cognitive Rehabilitation in Subacute Stroke Patient

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03168360

Enrollment

150

Registered

2017-05-30

Start date

2016-11-01

Completion date

2023-12-31

Last updated

2024-03-07

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Conditions

Cognitive Function, Rehabilitation, Stroke

Brief summary

Early stroke rehabilitation is known to be an effective and essential therapy in gaining functional independence and preventing complications. However, there was no consensus of proper amount of cognitive rehabilitation in stroke patients. In this study, the investigators assess the effects of the intensive cognitive rehabilitation during subacute phase to improve cognitive function at 6 months after onset in patients with first-ever strokes.

Detailed description

Intensive cognitive rehabilitation group * cognitive therapy for 1 hours on every working day for 4 weeks Conventional cognitive rehabilitation group * cognitive therapy for 30 minutes on every working day for 4 weeks

Interventions

PROCEDURECognitive rehabilitation

Intensive cognitive rehabilitation by cognitive therapist for 1 hours on every working day during subacute stroke phase

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

19 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Acute first-ever stroke * Korean Mini-Mental State Examination: 11\ 24 at 7 days after stroke onset

Exclusion criteria

* Transient ischemic stroke

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Korean-Montreal Cognitive Assessment (K-MoCA)	Change of K-MoCa after intensive cognitive rehabilitation for 4 weeks

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026