NCT05771844 · RECRUITING

Home Sleep Therapy for Older Adults With MCI

This trial is testing a home-use device called SleepWISP that delivers gentle, non-invasive electrical stimulation to the brain during sleep. The goal is to see whether boosting deep sleep improves memory in people with mild cognitive impairment. It is a Phase NA study, meaning it sits outside the standard drug-approval pipeline — researchers are evaluating whether the device works and collecting data on Alzheimer's-related biomarkers through blood and nasal samples.

You may qualify if

  • For participant with Amnestic MCI, the inclusion age range is 55-85 years old.
  • For healthy volunteers without MCI, the inclusion age range is 40-80 years old.

You're excluded if

  • History of seizures
  • History of epilepsy
  • History of mod/severe brain injury or trauma (including neurosurgery)
  • History or presence of significant neurological disease such as Parkinson
  • History of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
  • Presence of severe insomnia
  • Presence of untreated sleep apnea
  • Presence of severe anxiety or depression
  • Medications that may affect the EEG
  • History of stroke
  • Sensitivity or allergy to lidocaine or silver
  • Presence of active suicidal ideation
  • Presence of metal in head or implants or medication infusion device
  • Pregnancy
  • Adverse reaction to TMS

The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.

Eligibility criteria as of 2025-02-17

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