44
Participants
Start Date
June 11, 2013
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2015
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2015
EGCG
Life Extension, Mega Green Tea Extract Decaffeinated is a dietary supplement containing EGCG extract (45% EGCG). This extract contains 98% total polyphenols and 45% epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). EGCG administration in Down syndrome patients will result in an improvement of their cognitive performance.
Placebo
Same capsules containing rice flour. No active treatment is given.
Cognitive training
Feskits program 3 times per week (1 hour/session) Patients in this arm of the trial carried out computerized online training drawn from the Feskits program (www.feskits.com), chosen to have attention, memory and executive function components. Specifically the sessions included the following exercises: sustained attention, attention/perception, working memory, auditory and visual memory, executive function and language.
Parc de Salut MAR, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute-IMIM, Barcelona
Parc de Salut Mar
OTHER