Effectiveness of Modafinil in Improving Cognitive Performance of University Students

Universidad de Valparaiso

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Memory, Short-Term; Attention; Executive Function

Treatments: Drug: Modafinil

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01365897

04/2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether modafinil is effective in the improvement of mnesic performance and executive functions of university students from high academic performance.

Enrollment: 128 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Medicine, Psychology, Obstetrics, Nursing and Kinesiology students of the Universidad de Valparaiso.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with Mental Disorders.
• Patients with physical diseases.
• Patients using any psychotropic substances.
• History of chronic diseases.
• Pregnant women.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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128 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Control Group

Treatment:

Drug: Modafinil

Modafinil 200mg

Experimental group

Description:

Modafinil 200mg taken orally.

Treatment:

Drug: Modafinil