Long-term Effects of Visual Spatial Working Memory Training Program Performed at Preschool Age in Very Preterm Infants With Visual Spatial Working Memory Deficit. A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT ID: NCT02757794

Last Updated: 2023-07-06

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

166 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-11-29

Study Completion Date

2019-08-20

Brief Summary

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Prematurity tends to increase in France in recent years and more children born extremely premature infants survive. If severe impairments have stabilized, the majority of former extremely premature children have neuropsychological disorders and moderate appearance behavior disorder, but with a significant impact both family, school and social persisting into adulthood.

Executive functions (EF), in general, and working memory (MT), in particular, are frequently altered in older children preterm infants compared to controls born at term.

The identification process of loss in certain diseases, as well as improving knowledge of brain functioning, and development with the possibility of neuronal plasticity has led research teams to develop intervention programs focused on process cognitive qualified of "remediation" cognitive (RC). Schematically, the RC is defined as a rehabilitation or altered cognitive functions. MT can be improved by encouraging the operation of the spots mental stimulant. These programs are effective on MT but do not have the expected impact on other FE, language or nonverbal functions (visuospatial). The functional benefit of cognitive remediation remains controversial.

Improving mental functions untrained as nonverbal MT, attention and secondarily learning is possible but still unproven on wide population. Similarly, randomized trials are needed to test this type of cognitive remediation among preschoolers old very premature.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Children Born Extremely Premature Disturbance of Visuo-spatial Working Memory

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Cognitive remediation parents

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

computerized cognitive remediation program

Intervention Type OTHER

a computer program online re-educating the working memory is completed by the parents and the child. The child made a series of interactive exercises accompanied by parents or a practitioner. The exercises are adapted automatically and individually to the performance at each session.

Remediation standard

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

standard remediation

Intervention Type OTHER

A speech therapy and / or academic support is realized.

Interventions

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computerized cognitive remediation program

a computer program online re-educating the working memory is completed by the parents and the child. The child made a series of interactive exercises accompanied by parents or a practitioner. The exercises are adapted automatically and individually to the performance at each session.

Intervention Type OTHER

standard remediation

A speech therapy and / or academic support is realized.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Already included in the study EPIPAGE 2, born between 24 and 34 weeks' GA (gestational amenorrhea),
* Children aged 5 to 6 years,
* Children exhibiting a total intellectual quotient \>70 from the WPPSI IV (during the 5-year assessment in EPIPAGE 2),
* Children having a visuo-spatial Working Memory impairment defined by a working memory index \<85 from the WPPSI IV,
* Children with parents (or legal guardians) authorizing participation in the study and a signed informed consent form,
* Children affiliated with medical insurance.

Exclusion Criteria

* Children with severe cerebral palsy, based on the Gross Motor Function (GMFCS score \>2) and Bimanual Fine Motor Function (BFMF \>2) classification system (Elvrum AG 2015, Marois P 2015),
* Children with blindness or amblyopia, defined by a visual acuity \<3 (during the 5-year assessment in EPIPAGE 2),
* Children with deafness, as defined by a prescribed hearing aid,
* Children with chromosomal disorder or autistic syndrome,
* Children included in the EPILANG study protocol (an ancillary project to EPIPAGE),
* Children who do not speak French
* Children with parents having no internet connection,
* Triplets.
Minimum Eligible Age

5 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Urielle DESALBRES, Director

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

Locations

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University Hospital of Lyon

Bron, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Caen Normandie

Caen, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status

Sud Francilien Hospital

Corbeil-Essonnes, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Grenoble

Grenoble, , France

Site Status

Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

Marseille, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Montpellier

Montpellier, , France

Site Status

Regional University Hospital of Nancy

Nancy, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Nantes

Nantes, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Nice

Nice, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Nîmes

Nîmes, , France

Site Status

AP- HP - Armand Trousseau Hospital

Paris, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Reims

Reims, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Rouen

Rouen, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne, , France

Site Status

Regional University Hospital of Strasbourg

Strasbourg, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Toulouse

Toulouse, , France

Site Status

University Hospital of Tour

Tours, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Gire C, Beltran Anzola A, Marret S, Foix L'Helias L, Roze JC, Granier M, Patural H, Lecomte B, Guillois B, Souksi Medioni I, Bednarek Weirauch N, Claris O, Hascoet JM, Kuhn P, Zahed M, Boucekine M, Ancel PY, Arnaud C, Cambonie G, Dorriere Datin V; EPIREMED Study Group. Cognitive Training for Visuospatial Processing in Children Aged 5(1/2) to 6 Years Born Very Preterm With Working Memory Dysfunction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2331988. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.31988.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37676661 (View on PubMed)

Gire C, Beltran Anzola A, Kaminski M, Baumstarck K, Ancel PY, Berbis J; for EPIREMED-Study Group. A randomized EPIREMED protocol study on the long-term visuo spatial effects of very preterm children with a working memory deficit. BMC Pediatr. 2021 Sep 13;21(1):402. doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-02867-x.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34517869 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2016-A00122-49

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

RCAPHM16_0010

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2016-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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