Efficacy of Neuro+ Attention Training

ADHD Clinical Trial

Official title: Efficacy of NEURO+ Attention Training: A Randomized, Controlled, Blinded, Clinical Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the efficacy of the Neuro+ Attention Training System (Neuro+) in improving attention skills in children. Half of participants will receive the Neuro+ intervention for 10 weeks, while the other half will continue treatment as usual (TAU) for the same period. We expect those receiving the Neuro+ intervention to see significant improvements in ADHD symptoms relative to the TAU controls.

Clinical Trial Description

Neuro+ a non-pharmacological intervention that targets the underlying neural signatures and cognitive deficits which are assumed to mediate attention pathways. Targeting those underlying areas could reduce ADHD symptoms and potentially lead to greater transfer and generalization to functioning in the classroom and every day life.

Neuro+ combines neurofeedback, biofeedback, and go/no-go training protocols embedded in a training video game to help develop and improve attention skills. The protocols function as follows:

Neurofeedback: Users wear a dry, wireless, easy-to-use EEG headset that interfaces with computer software to provide feedback on their level of brain activation, or focus. Users must focus in order to advance through the training game.

Motion-biofeedback: Accelerometers in the headset send data on users' movement to the training game, such that users must maintain complete control of their bodies and remain absolutely still in order to advance through the game and avoid costly point penalties.

Go/no-go training: To practice impulse control, users will be challenged with adaptive "go/no-go tasks," requiring them to quickly and accurately respond to target stimuli and ignore distractions, with the tasks becoming more difficult as the user improves. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• ADHD

• NCT number: NCT02642055
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Neuro+
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2015
• Completion date: October 2016