Effects of Cognitive Training on Academic Task Performance in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

NCT ID: NCT01124721

Last Updated: 2017-05-31

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 26 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2008-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2013-01-31

Brief Summary

Impaired WM is a central deficit in ADHD. A computerized training program, Cogmed, has been shown to increase WM capacity in children with ADHD. It is not known whether the training improves behavior associated with classroom learning, such as remaining on-task and inhibiting off- task behavior. The aim of this study is to utilize ecologically valid measures to investigate training's effect on observable ADHD behavior in conjunction with more standard measures. Subjects will be randomly assigned to a Cogmed versus an active "placebo" condition in which the tasks do not increase in difficulty level in a double-blinded fashion. The effects of the active Cogmed versus placebo computer training will be compared on measures in children with ADHD.

Conditions

ADHD; Attention

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: TRIPLE

Study Groups

Cogmed cognitive training

Computerized working memory, attention and cognitive tasks

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive computerized training for several days per week.

Active placebo

Cognitive training, however the training does not increase in difficulty, or does so to a minimal degree.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cognitive training-placebo

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive training that only minimally increases in difficulty

Interventions

Cognitive training

Cognitive computerized training for several days per week.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive training-placebo

Cognitive training that only minimally increases in difficulty

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Cogmed; Cogmed placebo

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age range 7-14

2. At least average academic and intellectual functioning via parent report.

3. Must have ADHD (by parent report of previous diagnosis or per telephone screening checklist - to be confirmed via interview and ratings)

4. Attentional, hyperactive or impulsive symptoms that interfere with functioning.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of severe mental illness for example, psychotic, bipolar or major depressive disorder, (by history)

2. Mental retardation (by history)

3. English is not the primary language

4. Family does not have a computer

• Minimum Eligible Age: 7 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of California, Davis

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Julie Schweitzer, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, Davis

Locations

UCaliforniaDavis MIND Institute

Sacramento, California, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

200816598

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id