ACTIVATE: A Computerized Training Program for Children With ADHD

New York University (NYU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: ADHD

Treatments: Other: ACTIVATE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02562469

ACTIVATE

Details and patient eligibility

About

A preliminary clinical trial of ACTIVATE will be conducted in a sample of children with ADHD. ACTIVATE is a computerized neurocognitive training program (ACTIVATE; see: www.c8sciences.com) that simultaneously targets eight core neurocognitive factors (i.e., sustained attention, working memory (WM), response inhibition, speed of information processing, cognitive flexibility and control, multiple simultaneous attention, category formation, and pattern recognition and inductive thinking).

Full description

In an open clinical trial, ACTIVATE, a computer-based neurocognitive intervention will be evaluated to determine its effectiveness in improving symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related impairments. ACTIVATE is a computerized neurocognitive training program (ACTIVATE; see: www.c8sciences.com) that simultaneously targets eight core neurocognitive factors (i.e., sustained attention, working memory (WM), response inhibition, speed of information processing, cognitive flexibility and control, multiple simultaneous attention, category formation, and pattern recognition and inductive thinking). Youth between the ages of 7-11 will be recruited and assessed for ADHD and assigned to the ACTIVATE intervention. Assessment of outcomes will occur before, weekly during treatment, and immediately post-treatment.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children ages 7-11 with a diagnosis of ADHD
• Parent and child must be fluent English speakers
• Family has access to desktop/laptop computer at home with internet access (in order to implement the ACTIVATE intervention component, which is an online-based computer program)

Exclusion criteria

• Developmental delay or psychosis that impacts the child's ability to function and engage in the computerized intervention
• If the youth or parent presents with emergency psychiatric needs that require services beyond that which can be managed within a preventive intervention format (e.g. hospitalization, specialized placement outside the home)
• If the child has an estimated Full Scale IQ below 80, based on completing two subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth Edition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

ACTIVATE

Experimental group

Description:

ACTIVATE is a computerized neurocognitive training program (ACTIVATE; see: www.c8sciences.com) that simultaneously targets eight core neurocognitive factors (i.e., sustained attention, working memory (WM), response inhibition, speed of information processing, cognitive flexibility and control, multiple simultaneous attention, category formation, and pattern recognition and inductive thinking). ACTIVATE Is completed at home via computer with parent support. ACTIVATE intervention is conducted 3-5 times per week for between 20-30 minutes over the course or 3-4 months.

Treatment:

Other: ACTIVATE