Behavioral Intervention for Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD)

Phase 1

• Conditions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: A randomized controlled study of Executive Function training for children with ADHD

• Registration Number: NCT02327585
• Lead Sponsor: Min Chen

Brief Summary

ADHD children have executive function (EF) impairments,so we randomize the children to the training or a waitlist to improve EF ,adding contingent reinforcement to ascertain whether EF deficits are amenable to the training in children with ADHD.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-06
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Study First Submitted: 2014-12-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-12-24
• Study First Posted: 2014-12-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-30
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-31
• Primary Completion: 2015-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• clinical diagnosis of child ADHD
• full-scale intelligence quotient (FSIQ) ≥70
• stable on medication for ADHD children at least 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

• individuals with major neurological disorders
• a diagnosis of schizophrenia, epilepsy, mental retardation or other brain disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Executive function training	A randomized controlled study of Executive Function training for children with ADHD	Children diagnosis of ADHD are randomized to the experimental condition(Executive Function training) or waiting group experimental:participants will receive 12 sessions of executive function training weekly no intervention :waiting participants will not be treated with executive function therapy and keep waiting for 12 weeks for comparison

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in ADHD-rating scale	baseline,after the training (12week)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in behavior rating scale of executive function	baseline,after the training (12week)
cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automatic Battery	baseline,after the training (12week)
Conners	baseline,after the training (12week)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health; 🇨🇳 Beijing, China