NCT01675804

Computer-assisted Cognitive Rehabilitation (CACR), Placebo CACR and Psycho-stimulants in the Treatment of ADHD

A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Computer-assisted Cognitive Rehabilitation (CACR), Psycho-stimulants, and Placebo CACR in the Treatment of Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: Allameh Tabatabai University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 7 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Current research aimed to compare the efficacy of computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation (CACR), stimulant drugs and Placebo CACR on executive functions and clinical symptoms of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Detailed description

The investigators administered a randomized controlled trial (RCT) through random assignment of ADHD subjects in to three different groups to compare the effects of CACR, immediate-release methylphenidate, and a Placebo CACR (i.e. some computerized tasks assumed not having any therapeutic effects) on the functioning of children with ADHD.

Conditions

• Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Computerized cognitive rehabilitation	\- Computerized cognitive rehabilitation: 20 ninety-minute sessions of computerized cognitive rehabilitation.
DRUG	Ritalin	-drug therapy: 2 or 3 doses of 10 mg tablets of Immediate-release Methylphenidate (Ritalin) per day for 2 months.
OTHER	Placebo CACR [PCACR]	PCACR: 20 ninety-minute sessions of Placebo computerized cognitive training.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-04-01
• Completion: 2012-05-01
• First posted: 2012-08-30
• Last updated: 2015-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran