Effects of Cognitive Training on Academic Task Performance in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

ADHD Clinical Trial

— Cog-RAST  

Official title:

Pilot Testing of Cognitive Training on Academic Task Performance in Children With Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01124721
• Other study ID #: 200816598
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 30, 2010
• Last updated: May 26, 2017
• Start date: January 2008
• Est. completion date: January 2013

Study information

• Verified date: May 2017
• Source: University of California, Davis
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Impaired WM is a central deficit in ADHD. A computerized training program, Cogmed, has been shown to increase WM capacity in children with ADHD. It is not known whether the training improves behavior associated with classroom learning, such as remaining on-task and inhibiting off- task behavior. The aim of this study is to utilize ecologically valid measures to investigate training's effect on observable ADHD behavior in conjunction with more standard measures. Subjects will be randomly assigned to a Cogmed versus an active "placebo" condition in which the tasks do not increase in difficulty level in a double-blinded fashion. The effects of the active Cogmed versus placebo computer training will be compared on measures in children with ADHD.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 26
• Est. completion date: January 2013
• Est. primary completion date: January 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age range 7-14

2. At least average academic and intellectual functioning via parent report.

3. Must have ADHD (by parent report of previous diagnosis or per telephone screening checklist - to be confirmed via interview and ratings)

4. Attentional, hyperactive or impulsive symptoms that interfere with functioning.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Diagnosis of severe mental illness for example, psychotic, bipolar or major depressive disorder, (by history)

2. Mental retardation (by history)

3. English is not the primary language

4. Family does not have a computer

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• ADHD
• Attention
• Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Cognitive training
Cognitive computerized training for several days per week.
• Cognitive training-placebo
Cognitive training that only minimally increases in difficulty

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UCaliforniaDavis MIND Institute	Sacramento	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Davis

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Restricted Academic Situations Task	Assessment of on-task type behavior while doing a simulated academic task.	6 weeks
Primary	Working memory measures	Assess memory and working memory functioning on computer and or RA administered tests.	6 weeks
Primary	Rating scales	Parent and teacher ratings of behavior and attention	6 weeks
Secondary	Fluency and attention measures	Measures of fluency and attentional functioning.	6 weeks
Secondary	Self-control and executive functioning measures	Attention and working memory components can affect delay discounting and self-control measures. This measure will assess for change in behavior and ratings associated with executive functioning.	6 weeks