Hwang, Jiyun
Moon, So Young
Lee, Harim
Lee, Jaejin
Park, Yoo Kyoung
Jeong, Jee Hyang
Hong, Chang Hyung
Jung, Jiwoo
Na, Hae Ri
Cho, Soo Hyun
Sung, Joohon
Lee, Soo Ji
Choi, Seong Hye
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korea Dementia Research Project through the Korea Dementia Research Center (KDRC) funded by the Korea government (No. RS-2021-KH112636 and No. RS-2024-00337993)
National Research Council of Science and Technology (NST) Aging Convergence Research Center funded by the Korea government (No. CRC22013-600)
Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Korea government (No. NRF-2020M3E5D2A01084721)
National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Korea government (No. 2023R1A2C2002925)
Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP) funded by the Korea government (No. 2022-0-00448/RS-2022-II220448)
Article History
Received: 23 April 2025
Accepted: 3 November 2025
First Online: 12 December 2025
Declarations
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: The SUPERBRAIN-MEET study was conducted in accordance with the International Conference on Harmonization Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP) guidelines. The protocol was approved by the Inha University Hospital Institutional Review Board (IRB, approval No. INHAUH-2021–06-040) and by the IRBs of all participating centres, including the Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital IRB (SEUMC-2021–07-037), the Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital IRB (EUMC-2021–08-003), the Ajou University Hospital IRB (AJIRB-BMR-SUR-21–323), the Bobath Memorial Hospital IRB (P01-202109–11-002), the Dong-A University Hospital IRB (DAUHIRB-21–168), the Chonnam National University Hospital IRB (CNUH-2021–326), the Hanyang University Hospital IRB (HYUH-2021–07-041), the Myongji Hospital IRB (MJH-2021–08-032), the Jeonbuk National University Hospital IRB (CUH-2021–08-043), the Pusan National University Hospital IRB (2108–016-015), the Konkuk University Hospital IRB (KUMC-2021–08-023), the Samsung Medical Center IRB (SMC-2021–08-022), the CHA Bundang Medical Center IRB (CHAMC-2022–01-020), the Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary’s Hospital IRB (IS22EIMI0008), the Daejeon Eulji Medical Center IRB (EMC-2021–12-004) and the Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital IRB (UIRB-2022–0428). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to enrollment in the study. The trial was registered at ClinicalTrial.gov (NCT05023057) on 26 August 2021.
: Not applicable.
: SYM, CHH, JHJ, YKP, HRN, and SHC are shareholders of Rowan Inc. JJ reported being an employee of Rowan Inc. The remaining authors report no conflicts of Interest.