NCT01583829

Study of Computer Attention Training Programs in Schools for Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Randomized Control Trial of Two Computer-Based Attention Training Programs in Schools for Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 104 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tufts Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study examines the efficacy of two computer-based attention training systems, one with and one without neurofeedback. The training systems intend to help children learn to focus and attend more effectively.

Detailed description

The current study is examining a neurofeedback (NF) computer attention training system that teaches children to alter their brainwave activity with a Cognitive Training attention training system (CT). The investigators hypothesize that both treatments will show improvement in ADHD symptoms and academic outcomes compared to a control condition. 104 children with ADHD in grades 2 and 4 are randomly assigned to receive the NF, CT, or a Waitlist-Control (WLC) condition that receives NF or CT the following academic year. Children receive forty 45-minute sessions three times a week at school for 4 months. A comprehensive assessment, consists of data completed by teachers, parents, participants, and double-blind classroom observations.

Conditions

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Neurofeedback	3 times per week for 45 minutes for a total of 40 sessions
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Training	3 times per week for 45 minutes for a total of 40 sessions
OTHER	Waitlist Control	6 30 minute calm breathing sessions over the course of 4 months

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-05-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2013-11-01
• First posted: 2012-04-24
• Last updated: 2017-07-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States