Computer-based Attention Training in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury

NCT ID: NCT02399293

Last Updated: 2015-03-26

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

78 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-04-30

Study Completion Date

2014-09-30

Brief Summary

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Investigates computer based cognitive rehabilitation and training using the N-back task with a Visual Search task as an active control. The overall purpose is to provide (further) evidence about the efficacy (or lack of efficacy) of the N-back task and to find points of convergence and divergence between patients with acquired brain injury and non-impaired subjects.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Brain Injuries

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Patient N-back

Patients training the N-back task

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

N-back

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The N-back task required patients to monitor a continuous sequence of stimuli (in this experiment audio and visual stimuli). Press a button if the current stimulus is the same as that shown N back in the sequence. N increases if performance is good and decreases if performance is poor.

Subjects train for 20 days, 12 blocks a day, 20+N trials per block. That is 240 blocks in total. A minimum of 10 blocks per day counts as a successfully trained day.

Patient Visual Search

Patients training the Visual-Search task

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Visual Search

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Visual Search task consists of a NxN array of shapes. Press the button if a certain target stimulus is present in this array. N increases if performance is good and decreases if performance is poor.

Subjects train for 20 days, 12 blocks a day, 20+N trials per block. That is 240 blocks in total. A minimum of 10 blocks per day counts as a successfully trained day.

Non-impaired N-back

Non-impaired training the N-back task

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

N-back

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The N-back task required patients to monitor a continuous sequence of stimuli (in this experiment audio and visual stimuli). Press a button if the current stimulus is the same as that shown N back in the sequence. N increases if performance is good and decreases if performance is poor.

Subjects train for 20 days, 12 blocks a day, 20+N trials per block. That is 240 blocks in total. A minimum of 10 blocks per day counts as a successfully trained day.

Non-impaired Visual Search

Non-impaired training the Visual-Search task

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Visual Search

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Visual Search task consists of a NxN array of shapes. Press the button if a certain target stimulus is present in this array. N increases if performance is good and decreases if performance is poor.

Subjects train for 20 days, 12 blocks a day, 20+N trials per block. That is 240 blocks in total. A minimum of 10 blocks per day counts as a successfully trained day.

Interventions

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N-back

The N-back task required patients to monitor a continuous sequence of stimuli (in this experiment audio and visual stimuli). Press a button if the current stimulus is the same as that shown N back in the sequence. N increases if performance is good and decreases if performance is poor.

Subjects train for 20 days, 12 blocks a day, 20+N trials per block. That is 240 blocks in total. A minimum of 10 blocks per day counts as a successfully trained day.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Visual Search

The Visual Search task consists of a NxN array of shapes. Press the button if a certain target stimulus is present in this array. N increases if performance is good and decreases if performance is poor.

Subjects train for 20 days, 12 blocks a day, 20+N trials per block. That is 240 blocks in total. A minimum of 10 blocks per day counts as a successfully trained day.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* subjects should be able to do both task at level at the time of recruitment
* Informed consent
* (for brain injured patients) training must not interfere with treatment as usual.
* (for brain injured patients) no symptoms which hinder testing and training. I.e. aphasia, deafness, tetraplegia etc.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Regionshospitalet Hammel Neurocenter

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Aarhus

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jonas Lindeløv

M.sc.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jonas Lindeløv, M.Sc.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hammel Neurocenter

Other Identifiers

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hnrc_nback

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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