Cognitive Training in Children With Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

ADHD Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Study of the Efficacy of Computerized Cognitive Training on Cognitive Function, Symptoms and Functional Outcome in Children With ADHD.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01752530
• Other study ID #: S-20120096
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 10, 2012
• Last updated: April 26, 2017
• Start date: February 2013
• Est. completion date: September 2016

Study information

• Verified date: April 2017
• Source: Region Syddanmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of computer program C8 on specific cognitive functions, symptoms and functional outcome compared to treatment as usual in children with ADHD. Furthermore, if the effect is sustained 12 and 24 weeks after training. In addition, it will be investigated, whether younger children benefit more from training than older children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: September 2016
• Est. primary completion date: October 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 13 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. ADHD- diagnosis

2. age 6-13 years

3. Patient has access to computer og internet from home

4. Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Comorbidity: conduct disorder, autism spectrum disorders, depression, or schizophrenia

2. Head trauma or neurological disease

3. Intelligence quotient (IQ) < 80

4. Motoric or perceptual handicap

5. Medical disease requiring treatment

6. No informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• ADHD
• Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

Intervention

Other:
• Computer program C8
Experimental: Computer program C8 + treatment as usual: Playing a special computer program C8 40 min a day for 6 days a week for 8 weeks.
• Treatment as usual
Treatment as usual at the clinic

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Aabenraa	Aabenraa
Denmark	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Augustenborg	Augustenborg
Denmark	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Kolding	Kolding

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Region Syddanmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	CANTAB: Match to sample: visual search.		After 8 weeks of intervention
Other	CANTAB: Choice reaction time.		After 8 weeks of intervention
Other	CANTAB: Stop Signal Task.		After 8 weeks of intervention
Other	CANTAB: Spatial Working Memory		After the 8 weeks of intervention
Other	CANTAB: Stockings of Cambridge.		After the 8 weeks of intervention
Other	CANTAB: Paired Associates Learning.		After 8 weeks of intervention
Other	Weis function scale		After 8 weeks of intervention
Other	Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF)		12 weeks follow up
Other	Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF)		24 week follow up
Other	ADHD-Rating scale		12 week follow up
Other	ADHD-Rating scale		24 week follow up
Other	CANTAB: Attention Switching Task (AST)		12 week follow up
Other	CANTAB: Attention Switching Task (AST)		24 week follow up
Other	CANTAB: Match to sample: visual search.		12 week follow up
Other	CANTAB: Match to sample: visual search.		24 week follow up
Other	CANTAB: Choice reaction time.		12 weeks follow up
Other	CANTAB: Choice reaction time.		24 week follow up
Other	CANTAB: Stop Signal Task.		12 weeks follow up
Other	CANTAB: Stop Signal Task.		24 week follow up
Other	CANTAB: Spatial Working Memory		12 week follow up
Other	CANTAB: Spatial Working Memory		24 week follow up
Other	CANTAB: Stockings of Cambridge.		12 weeks follow up
Other	CANTAB: Stockings of Cambridge.		24 weeks follow up
Other	Weis function scale		12 week follow up
Other	Weis function scale		24 week follow up
Primary	Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): Rapid Visual Information Processing probability of hit.		Assesment after the 8 week intervention
Secondary	Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF)		After the 8 week intervention
Secondary	ADHD-Rating scale		After the 8 week intervention
Secondary	CANTAB: Attention Switching Task (AST)		After the 8 week intervention
Secondary	Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): Rapid Visual Information Processing		After 8 weeks of intervention