Improving Time-Based Prospective Memory in TBI (TBPM)

Kessler Foundation

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: computer-based cognitive rehabilitation (CBCR)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04065477

E-1071-19

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research aims to test aspects of a computer-based cognitive rehabilitation program designed to improve thinking skills in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Full description

This research aims to test aspects of a computer-based cognitive rehabilitation program designed to improve thinking skills in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly improving the ability to remember to do things in the future.

Enrollment: 9 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 59 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Sustained a moderate-to-severe TBI at least one year prior to assessment
• Fluent in English
• Demonstrate impairment in strategic cognitive abilities

Exclusion criteria

• Significant neurological history other than TBI
• Significant psychiatric history (e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia)
• Significant substance abuse history
• Steroid and/or benzodiazepine use

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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9 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group will receive treatment program designed to train strategic cognitive functions. Sessions will last 50 minutes and take place twice per week for 16 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: computer-based cognitive rehabilitation (CBCR)

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will receive no active treatment and will be treated as a "no-contact control" group.