*Working memory training in children with neuropsychiatric disorders and borderline intellectual functioning*

Phase 3

• Conditions: neuropsychiatrische stoornissen en een ontwikkelingsachterstand; ADHD and Autism spectrum disorders; neuropsychiatric disorders; 10012562

• Registration Number: NL-OMON36703
• Lead Sponsor: Karakter

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 11 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

- Children aged between 10 years/0 months and 13 years/11 months, known in psychiatric health care and/or special education.
- Neuropsychiatric disorders (ADHD, ASD, or a combination of those two, possibly in combination with comorbid ODD), classified by the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 2000).
- IQ score between 70 and 85 (BIF).
- Access to a PC with Windows Vista or Windows XP with internet connection and speakers (at home or school).

Exclusion Criteria

- Currently intensive (i.e. weekly) individual or group psychotherapy.
- Regular use of other medication (stimulants / neuroleptics). When medication is used for ADHD, this isn*t a exclusion criteria in case of *room for improvement*.
- Diagnosis of one or more of the following comorbid psychiatric disorders:
o Major depression
o Bipolar disorder
o Psychotic disorder
o Chronically motor tic disorder or Gilles de la Tourette
o Conduct disorder
o Eating disorders
o Anxiety disorders
- Neurological disorders (e.g. epilepsy) in the recent two years.
- Cardiovascular disease currently or in the past.
- Serious motor and/or perceptual handicap.
- Participation in another clinical trail simultaneously.
- Insufficient motivation to follow the training.
- Medical illness which needs medical treatment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>-The measured difference in behavioral problems before and after training<br /><br>-The measured difference in neurocognitive functioning before and after training<br /><br>-The measured difference in schoolachievement before and after training</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Side effects (headache, extreme tiredness, sleepingproblems).</p><br>