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Study identifier: NCT06650527 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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Effect of Cognitive Empathy Training on Dementia Caregivers

Condition: Caregivers of People Living With Dementia · Dementia  ·  Sponsor: Emory University

PhaseNA
Planned participants118
Who can joinAll sexes, 50 Years to no upper limit
Healthy volunteersYes

About this study

The goal of this project is to investigate the effect of cognitive empathy training on mental health, inflammation, and immune function in caregivers of people living with dementia (PLWD), and to examine the underlying psychological and neurobiological mechanisms. The primary aim is to establish the effectiveness of cognitive empathy training in improving caregiver mental health and immune function, and in decreasing caregiver inflammation The secondary aim is to investigate the psychological and neurobiological mechanism by which cognitive empathy training improves caregiver well-being

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Talk to the study team

James Rilling, PhD  ·  404-727-3062  ·  jrillin@emory.edu

Kenneth Hepburn, PhD  ·  404-712-9286  ·  khepbur@emory.edu

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Locations (3)

AlterAtlanta, Georgia, United StatesRecruiting
Emory Integrated Memory CareAtlanta, Georgia, United StatesRecruiting
NIA Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterAtlanta, Georgia, United StatesRecruiting

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