The BRAIN App (Phase 2 SBIR): Building Relationships Using Artificial Intelligence and Nostalgia

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Aims: 1. Create an improved Beta version of the BRAIN Platform's eight components: (1) the Admin Management Dashboard, (2) the Annotation Dashboard, (3) the Log Viewer, (4) the Content Management System (CMS), (5) the Private CMS, (6) the Control App, (7) the Home App, and (8) the Training Dashboard. 2. Fine-tune the different classes of AI algorithms-i.e., behavioral analytics, personalized content recommendation, and personalized program generation-in the BRAIN app such that they can (a) recognize and track 12 distinct behaviors and indicators of PLWD, (b) use these behavioral traits as a basis for automatically rating the relative success of each activity, and (c) automatically recommend personalized activities that are likely to be successful for individual PLWD. 3. Conduct a Cluster Randomized Trial (CRT) of the BRAIN App to examine the app's impact on engagement/affect, quality of life, and responsive behaviors. 4. Examine satisfaction and ease of use of the app for PLWD, LTC staff, and FMs.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• 65+ years old

• Clinical diagnosis of dementia (any type)

• Able to speak conversational English

Locations
United States
Massachusetts
Hopeful Aging
RECRUITING
Winchester
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-05-15
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-07-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 120
Treatments
Experimental: Experimental, BRAIN Programming
PLWD in the Experimental Group will be invited to use the BRAIN intervention twice per week for 3 months. Each session is expected to last 20-30 minutes. The BRAIN app will initially recommend activities for each PLWD based upon his/her background/interests/preferences, which will be collected when the PLWD first enrolls in the study. After the initial sessions, the BRAIN app will use AI to recommend new activities for subsequent sessions. These recommendations will be based upon the AI's rating of the relative success or failure of the activities initially provided to the PLWD.
No_intervention: Control: Standard Programming / Care
PLWD in the Control Group will participate in standard care / programming for 3 months.
Sponsors
Leads: Hopeful Aging

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