Cognitive Training in Inpatient Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Substance Use Disorders
• Interventions: Behavioral: Cognitive training activities; Behavioral: Inpatient psychosocial therapy

• Registration Number: NCT02356718
• Lead Sponsor: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Brief Summary

This study examines whether computer tasks can improve memory and other cognitive functions among patients receiving inpatient treatment for substance use disorders.

Detailed Description

Participants will complete cognitive training sessions on a regular basis during inpatient treatment. Alternate versions of the computer tasks will be compared in a randomized design. Primary and secondary outcomes will consist of changes in cognitive performance before and after the training period.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-01
• Study First Submitted: 2015-02-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-02-04
• Study First Posted: 2015-02-05
• Status Verified: 2016-07
• Primary Completion: 2016-07
• Study Completion: 2016-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-07-25
• Last Update Posted: 2016-07-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 111

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants must be patients registered for inpatient treatment at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Age 18-60
• Fluency in English
• Able to attend scheduled training sessions
• Comfortable using a computer and mouse

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe cognitive impairment
• Current or past psychosis or diagnosis of schizophrenia
• Photosensitive epilepsy or history of seizures triggered by light
• Legal mandate to attend treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental	Cognitive training activities	Computerized cognitive training activities
Control	Cognitive training activities	Non-adaptive computerized cognitive training activities
Experimental	Inpatient psychosocial therapy	Computerized cognitive training activities
Control	Inpatient psychosocial therapy	Non-adaptive computerized cognitive training activities

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Auditory memory capacity - WAIS Digit Span score	Baseline, 3 weeks	WAIS Digit Span score

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual memory capacity - WMS Symbol span score	Baseline to 3 weeks	WMS Symbol span score
Auditory memory capacity - WAIS Letter-number sequencing score	Baseline to 3 weeks	WAIS Letter-number sequencing score
Visual memory capacity - WMS Spatial span score	Baseline to 3 weeks	WMS Spatial span score
Training progress score - Cognitive progress indicator score	Baseline to 4 weeks	Cognitive progress indicator score

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada