Central Executive Training for ADHD

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• Registration Number: NCT03042338
• Lead Sponsor: Florida State University

Brief Summary

Feasibility study of Central Executive Training (CET) for ADHD. The goal of the current project is to develop and assess the feasibility, acceptability, engagement, and usability of a novel, central executive (CE) working memory training intervention.

Detailed Description

The goal of the core study is to develop a central executive training (CET) intervention for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and examine its feasibility, acceptability, engagement, and usability. This will involve early developmental work on software and treatment manuals followed by evaluation of the feasibility of enrolling, retaining, and treating ADHD children with CET. An evidence-informed intervention targeting central executive functioning in children with ADHD has the potential to result in clinically significant improvements in ADHD symptoms relative to extant behavioral treatments and capacity-based (short-term memory) training interventions. The long-term goal is to develop an efficacious and acceptable CET intervention with the potential for generalized improvements in, or normalization of, ADHD-related impairments in peer, family, and academic functioning.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-12-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-02-01
• Study First Posted: 2017-02-03
• Study Start: 2017-03-31
• Status Verified: 2018-06
• Primary Completion: 2018-07-31
• Study Completion: 2018-07-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-02-01
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 54

Inclusion Criteria

• Children ages 8-12 with principal ADHD diagnoses (via K-SADS)
• parent Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC) Attention Problems or Hyperactivity subscale or ADHD-5 in clinical/borderline range based on age and gender
• teacher BASC Attention Problems or Hyperactivity subscale or ADHD-5 scale in clinical/borderline range based on age and gender.

Exclusion Criteria

• gross neurological, sensory, or motor impairment, history of a seizure disorder, or psychosis, bipolar disorders, substance use, or intellectual disability disorders
• non-English speaking child or parent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SEQUENTIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rapport visuospatial/phonological working memory test	Approximately 10 minute task administered during a 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session	Outcome: stimuli correct

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parent-reported ADHD symptoms (ADHD-5 rating scale)	Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Florida State University; 🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States