Cognitive Training in Inpatient Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Substance Use Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Inpatient psychosocial therapy; Behavioral: Cognitive training activities

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02356718

0422014

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 111 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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111 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Computerized cognitive training activities

Treatment:

Behavioral: Inpatient psychosocial therapy

Behavioral: Cognitive training activities

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Non-adaptive computerized cognitive training activities

Treatment:

Behavioral: Inpatient psychosocial therapy

Behavioral: Cognitive training activities