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Applying Speed of Processing Training to Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury (SPTTBI)

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Kessler Foundation

Status

Completed

Conditions

Traumatic Brain Injury

Treatments

Behavioral: Speed of Process Training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01838811
KF 30.01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot study will document the efficacy of a behavioral intervention for Processing Speed (PS) in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Speed of Processing Training (SPT), which has been successful used in the aging population in several studies. This study will (1) apply a treatment protocol for PS impairments, well-validated in aging, to persons with TBI with impaired PS, and document its efficacy on standard neuropsychological (NP) tests (2) assess the effectiveness of the intervention utilizing global measures of daily life, including an objective measure (TIADL) (3) examine the long term impact of SPT. This study is unique in that it will be the first to evaluate the efficacy of a highly-manualized structured behavioral treatment for processing speed deficits in persons with TBI utilizing the optimal methodology for carrying out such studies, a randomized clinical trial. Given the prevalence of PS deficits in the TBI population and the significant impact such deficits have on everyday functioning, public safety, and overall quality of life, the identification of an effective intervention for PS deficits in TBI could have a profound impact on the population and society as a whole.

Enrollment

20 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • fluent in English
  • processing speed impairment (based on evaluation).

Exclusion criteria

  • currently taking steroids and /or benzodiazepines
  • prior stroke or neurological disease
  • history of significant psychiatric illness (for example, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis) or a current diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder I or II.
  • significant alcohol or drug abuse history

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

Trial contacts and locations

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