Cognitive Training to Improve Cognitive Function Following Chemotherapy (KT)

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cognitive Dysfunction

Treatments: Other: control group; Behavioral: cognitive training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01013233

KTST09

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to improve cognitive dysfunction following chemotherapy, the investigators investigated to see whether a cognitive training for memory and concentration skills can improve cognitive performance in patients following cancer treatment.

Full description

Patients following chemotherapy invited for a cognitive training. Before and after cognitive function will evaluate.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with cancer 6 weeks after chemotherapy

Exclusion criteria

• patients with neurological or psychiatric disorders
• patients without compliance

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

training

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this group start the cognitive training over 6 weeks directly after randomization.

Treatment:

Behavioral: cognitive training

control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

In this control group begin the training in a cross-over design 7 weeks after randomization.

Treatment:

Other: control group