Working Memory Training in Young ADHD Children

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

51 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-06-30

Study Completion Date

2013-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to investigate whether working memory training improves behavioral symptoms, neurocognitive performance, and neural functioning in young children with ADHD.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Working memory training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cogmed Working memory training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

15 minutes of working memory training, 5 days a week for a period of 5 weeks

Control version of working memory training

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Control version of Cogmed working memory training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

15 minutes of 'sham' working memory training, 5 days a week for a period of 5 weeks

Interventions

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Cogmed Working memory training

15 minutes of working memory training, 5 days a week for a period of 5 weeks

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control version of Cogmed working memory training

15 minutes of 'sham' working memory training, 5 days a week for a period of 5 weeks

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 4 years/6 months and 7 years/4 months
* Diagnosis ADHD, classified by the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 2000)
* A full scale IQ \>= 80
* Psychopharmaca- naïve or -free
* Access to a PC with Windows Vista or Windows XP with internet connection and speakers at home

Exclusion Criteria

* Currently intensive (i.e. weekly) individual or group psychotherapy
* Regular use of medication
* Diagnosis of one or more of the following comorbid psychiatric disorders: Major depression, Bipolar disorder, Psychotic disorder, Chronically motor tic disorder or Gilles de la Tourette, Conduct disorder, any other autism spectrum disorder except for Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), Eating disorders, Anxiety disorders
* Neurological disorders (e.g. epilepsy) currently or in the past
* Cardiovascular disease currently or in the past
* Serious motor or perceptual handicap
* Participation in another clinical trial simultaneously
* Educational level and/ or socio-economic situation that makes it unlikely for the family to fulfil this study

Minimum Eligible Age

54 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

88 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No