Combined Cognitive Remediation and Behavioral Intervention for Treatment of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Queens College, The City University of New York

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: ADHD

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive remediation and Parent Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01137318

1R34MH088845-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to evaluate a novel sequenced combination of a promising, computerized cognitive training program targeting working memory (WM) deficits in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in combination with behavioral parent training, a well-established, evidence-based intervention for ADHD.

The combined active intervention, compared to the combined control intervention will result in improvement in primary psychosocial (i.e., parent/teacher reported child impairment; parental stress; parenting behavior; and observed child academic achievement) and psychiatric (parent/teacher rated ADHD, ODD, and CD symptoms; observed activity level and attention) outcomes at post-treatment and follow up assessment, with the combined active intervention resulting in greater improvements in these outcomes.

Enrollment: 84 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of ADHD Children 7-11 year olds English Speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Pervasive Developmental Disorder IQ< 80

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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84 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Cognitive remediation and Behavioral Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive remediation and Parent Training

Low Level Cognitive Remediation and Behavioral Parent Traning

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive remediation and Parent Training