Status:
COMPLETED
Working Memory Training in Young ADHD Children
Lead Sponsor:
Radboud University Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Conditions:
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
Eligibility:
All Genders
54-88 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether working memory training improves behavioral symptoms, neurocognitive performance, and neural functioning in young children with ADHD.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age between 4 years/6 months and 7 years/4 months
- Diagnosis ADHD, classified by the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 2000)
- A full scale IQ \>= 80
- Psychopharmaca- naïve or -free
- Access to a PC with Windows Vista or Windows XP with internet connection and speakers at home
Exclusion
- Currently intensive (i.e. weekly) individual or group psychotherapy
- Regular use of medication
- Diagnosis of one or more of the following comorbid psychiatric disorders: Major depression, Bipolar disorder, Psychotic disorder, Chronically motor tic disorder or Gilles de la Tourette, Conduct disorder, any other autism spectrum disorder except for Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), Eating disorders, Anxiety disorders
- Neurological disorders (e.g. epilepsy) currently or in the past
- Cardiovascular disease currently or in the past
- Serious motor or perceptual handicap
- Participation in another clinical trial simultaneously
- Educational level and/ or socio-economic situation that makes it unlikely for the family to fulfil this study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
51 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00819611
Start Date
June 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2013
Last Update
January 10 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Karakter University Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Nijmegen
Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6525 GC