LearningRx Brain Training for Children 8-14

Learning Problems Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized, Controlled Study on the Effects of LearningRx Brain Training for Improving Cognitive Skills in Students Ages 8-14

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02927197
• Other study ID #: GICR-1005
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 5, 2016
• Last updated: February 13, 2018
• Start date: June 2015
• Est. completion date: June 2017

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine changes in multiple cognitive skills after completing 60 hours of cognitive training with ThinkRx, a LearningRx program.

Description:

In a two-phase randomized controlled study, investigators will examine the effects of a one-on-one cognitive training program on memory, visual and auditory processing, processing speed, reasoning, attention, and General Intellectual Ability (GIA) score for students ages 8-14. In Phase 1, participants will be randomly assigned to either an experimental group to complete 60 hours of one-on-one cognitive training or to a wait-list control group. In Phase 2, the wait-list control group will complete the intervention using an alternative delivery model: 50% clinician delivered and 50% digital delivery.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 39
• Est. completion date: June 2017
• Est. primary completion date: March 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 8 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Between 8-14 years of age, living in the greater Colorado Springs area, screening GIA score between 70 and 130

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Learning Problems

Intervention

Behavioral:
• LearningRx cognitive training
A clinician will deliver forty 90-minute cognitive training sessions over 12-14 weeks for a total of 60 training hours. There are 23 different categories of training procedures sequenced in intensity and difficulty for a total of more than 1000 training tasks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research	Colorado Springs	Colorado

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Carpenter DM, Ledbetter C, Moore AL. LearningRx Cognitive Training Effects in Children Ages 8-14: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Appl Cogn Psychol. 2016 Sep-Oct;30(5):815-826. Epub 2016 Aug 2. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Evidence of overall cognitive function improvement	Confirmed by pretest to post-test change on the Woodcock Johnson III - Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ III): General Intellectual Ability composite score	within 14 days after completing the intervention
Secondary	Evidence of improvement in school performance	Confirmed by improvement in school achievement tests and grade reports	Within two years after completing the intervention
Secondary	Evidence of improvement in working memory	Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Numbers Reversed test	within 14 days after completing the intervention
Secondary	Evidence of improvement in long-term memory	Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Visual-Auditory Learning Delayed test	within 14 days after completing the intervention
Secondary	Evidence of improvement in fluid reasoning	Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Concept Formation test	within 14 days after completing the intervention
Secondary	Evidence of improvement in processing speed	Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Visual Matching test	within 14 days after completing the intervention
Secondary	Evidence of improvement in visual processing	Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Spatial Relations test	within 14 days after completing the intervention
Secondary	Evidence of improvement in auditory processing	Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Sound Blending test	within 14 days after completing the intervention
Secondary	Evidence of improvement in attention	Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cognition Toolbox attention test	within 14 days after completing the intervention

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