Differences in Attentional Profile of Children Diagnosed With ADHD Versus Children Diagnosed With Other Mental Conditions

ADHD Clinical Trial

Official title:

Differences in Attentional Profile of Children Diagnosed With ADHD Versus Children Diagnosed With Other Mental Conditions

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02942030
• Other study ID #: 000816-com2
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 20, 2016
• Last updated: November 27, 2016
• Start date: November 2016
• Est. completion date: November 2017

Study information

• Verified date: October 2016
• Source: Clalit Health Services
• Contact: shlomit tsafrir, MD
• Phone: 972-2-5663638
• Email: stsafrir[@]clalit.org.il
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: Ethics Commission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Attentional symptoms characterize both ADHD and other mental conditions in children.

The diagnosis is based on clinical psychiatric evaluation.

With the expanding knowledge regarding the neurobiological basis in ADHD the investigators have learned that attention is not a general property of the whole brain, but involves several coordinated networks. This knowledge promoted the scientific community to the stage in which scientists can recognize different types of attention domains.

in the current study, the investigators use computerized battery to separate between the different attention abilities and provide specific attentional profile. in this study the investigators aim to characterize different attentional profiles in children who are diagnosed with ADHD versus children who diagnosed with other mental condition (which are common differential diagnoses of ADHD)

Description:

Attentional symptoms characterize both ADHD and other mental conditions in children.

The diagnosis of ADHD is based on clinical psychiatric evaluation in different clinical situations the differential diagnosis is not straight forward and the clinician considers a common co-morbid conditions and common differential diagnoses.

With the expanding knowledge regarding the neurobiological basis in ADHD the scientific community have learned that attention is not a general property of the whole brain, but involves several coordinated networks. This knowledge promoted us to the stage in which scientists can recognize different types of attention domains. this knowledge raises the question - can the clinician use this knowledge to make the correct diagnosis based on specific attentional profile?

In the current study, the investigators use computerized battery in order to separate between the different attention abilities and provide specific attentional profile. in this study the investigators aim to characterize different attentional profiles in children who are diagnosed with ADHD versus children who diagnosed with other mental condition (which are common differential diagnoses of ADHD)

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: November 2017
• Est. primary completion date: November 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 8 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 8-12

• normal intelligence quotient (IQ)

• suspected ADHD

Exclusion Criteria:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

• blindness

• deafness

• abnormal intelligence quotient (IQ) (below 70)

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• ADHD

Intervention

Other:
• Computerized assesment battery
All participants will do a computerized assessment battery to identify specific attentional profile

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Mishmar Ha'Am Clinic	Jerusalem

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Clalit Health Services	Tel Aviv University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	diagnosis - after psychiatric evaluation		november 2017	No
Primary	attentional computerized profile		november 2017	No
Secondary	correlations - clinical diagnosis and attentional profile		november 2017	No