Effectiveness of Modafinil in Improving Cognitive Performance of University Students

Executive Function Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Modafinil in Improving Mnesic Performance and Executive Functions of University Students From Careers of High Academic Performance

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01365897
• Other study ID #: 04/2010
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• First received: May 31, 2011
• Last updated: June 2, 2011
• Start date: September 2010
• Est. completion date: January 2011

Study information

• Verified date: November 2010
• Source: Universidad de Valparaiso
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Chile: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether modafinil is effective in the improvement of mnesic performance and executive functions of university students from high academic performance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 128
• Est. completion date: January 2011
• Est. primary completion date: January 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medicine, Psychology, Obstetrics, Nursing and Kinesiology students of the Universidad de Valparaiso.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with Mental Disorders.

• Patients with physical diseases.

• Patients using any psychotropic substances.

• History of chronic diseases.

• Pregnant women.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Attention
• Executive Function
• Memory, Short-Term

Intervention

Drug:
• Modafinil
Modafinil 200mg

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Chile	Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaiso	Valparaiso	V Region
Chile	Escuela de Psicología, Universidad de Valparaiso	Valparaiso	V Region

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de Valparaiso

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Chile, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Average Correct Answers in Biber Cognitive Estimation Test		2 hours after pill ingestion	No
Primary	Average response latency in Stroop Effect test		2 hours after pill ingestion	No
Primary	Average Score in Digit Span test		2 hours after pill ingestion	No
Primary	Average Score in Backwards Digit Span test		2 hours after pill ingestion	No
Primary	Average percentage of correct answers in Stroop Effect test		2 hours after pill ingestion	No