# Increasing Preoperative Cognitive Reserve to Prevent Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgical Patients

> **NCT04493996** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Heart and Brain Research Group, Germany** · enrollment: 100 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Postoperative Cognitive Decline
- Postoperative Delirium
- Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Cognitive training

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04493996
- **Lead sponsor:** Heart and Brain Research Group, Germany
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2020-08-14
- **Primary completion:** 2026-03
- **Final completion:** 2026-03
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04493996

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04493996, "Increasing Preoperative Cognitive Reserve to Prevent Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgical Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04493996. Licensed CC0.

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