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. 2020 Feb 26;2020(2):CD011961. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011961.pub2

NCT01647698.

Methods Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) (ongoing) of the effectiveness of adaptive vs non‐adaptive working memory training (increasing in number of items required to be remembered) vs no training; ongoing trial, 3 arms
Participants People with PD who self‐report concerns about working memory or show deficits as identified by a clinical examination (excludes people with dementia).
Interventions Computerised adaptive working memory training testing working memory capacity and non‐adaptive working memory training.
Outcomes Primary outcomes: working memory (measured by 3 separate tasks): operation span task, symmetry span task, Stenberg memory scanning task
Secondary outcomes: fluid intelligence (Cattell's Culture Fair Intelligence Test and Rave's Progressive Matrices), executive function: Dysexecutive Questionnaire
Outcomes measured at 5‐, 10‐, and 22‐week follow‐up.
Notes Unclear whether this sample has Parkinson's Disease–Mild Cognitive Impairment (PD‐MCI). Trial is ongoing (control group receives no training); unable to contact author.