Attention Control Training for PTSD in Children

NCT ID: NCT03348540

Last Updated: 2024-02-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

89 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-11-20

Study Completion Date

2023-11-20

Brief Summary

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Participants will complete a pre and post training psychological assessment. Participants will be assigned to attention control training or the comparison stimuli computer task in a double-blind randomized control trial design. Both computerized dot probe tasks display two faces on a computer screen, one above the other, followed by a small right or left arrow appearing in the location vacated by one of the faces. Participants are required to respond as quickly as they can by pressing the indicated right or left arrow on their computer keyboard without compromising accuracy. Participants complete 6 training sessions.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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PTSD

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Caregivers

Study Groups

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Attention Control Training

* 6 sessions in the clinic lasting approximately 10 minutes each.
* Each session will consist of 128 presentations of pairs of neutral and threatening stimuli, followed by the presentation of a response cue (right or left arrow to be clicked on a computer keyboard).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Attention Control Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Attention control training teaches participants that the emotional salience of cues (i.e., threatening or neutral) is not related to successful completion of the computerized response task, and thus, teaches participants to ignore irrelevant threat-related contingencies (Badura-Brack et al., 2015).

Comparison Task

6 sessions in the clinic of a presumably inactive neutral-neutral stimuli intervention lasting approximately 10 minutes each.

• Each session will consist of 128 presentations of pairs of faces, followed by the presentation of a response cue (right or left arrow to be clicked on a computer keyboard).

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Comparison Task

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Neutral- neutral stimuli prior to response task

Interventions

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Attention Control Training

Attention control training teaches participants that the emotional salience of cues (i.e., threatening or neutral) is not related to successful completion of the computerized response task, and thus, teaches participants to ignore irrelevant threat-related contingencies (Badura-Brack et al., 2015).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Comparison Task

Neutral- neutral stimuli prior to response task

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* significant symptoms of PTSD and qualifying traumatic event

Exclusion Criteria

* new traumatic event within one month of beginning the trial
Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Creighton University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Amy Badura Brack

Professor of Psychology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Creighton Univeristy

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Badura-Brack AS, Naim R, Ryan TJ, Levy O, Abend R, Khanna MM, McDermott TJ, Pine DS, Bar-Haim Y. Effect of Attention Training on Attention Bias Variability and PTSD Symptoms: Randomized Controlled Trials in Israeli and U.S. Combat Veterans. Am J Psychiatry. 2015 Dec;172(12):1233-41. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14121578. Epub 2015 Jul 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26206075 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1123267

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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