Working Memory Training in Children With Cerebral Palsy, a Pilot Study

Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Computer Based Working Memory Training in Children With Cerebral Palsy, a Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01663454
• Other study ID #: bhø_2011/2271
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 9, 2012
• Last updated: October 7, 2014
• Start date: September 2012
• Est. completion date: December 2012

Study information

• Verified date: October 2014
• Source: Helse Stavanger HF
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Norway: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to assist the preparation of a larger multi-center study. The main aim is to determine the feasibility of conducting computerized working memory training in a group of children with cerebral palsy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 6
• Est. completion date: December 2012
• Est. primary completion date: December 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 7 Years to 8 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Born at term with unilateral spastic CP

• Born preterm with bilateral spastic CP

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with Gross Motor Function Classification Scale (GMFCS) level V

• Severe visual or hearing impairments

• Photosensitive epilepsy

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• Working Memory Training

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Cogmed Robomemo working memory training
The Cogmed Robomemo program is designed as a computer game in which an animated robot gives different tasks to be solved by the child. The tasks have various degrees of difficulty adapted continuously throughout the intervention period to the performance of the individual child. The program is standardized in that each child receives the same set of tasks during the training period. The child will perform the training sessions at home using their own computer for about 35-40 minutes each day.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Stavanger University Hospital	Stavanger

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Helse Stavanger HF

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Changes in training index	The training index is based on the user's best results from selected exercises in the program. The Start Index is calculated with the results from days 2 and 3, and the Max Index is calculated with the results from the two best days during the training period. The Index Improvement is calculated by subtracting the Start Index from the Max Index.	Changes in training index is measured during 5 weeks of working memory training	No
Secondary	Neuropsychological testing		baseline and 2 months	No