NCT01838811

Applying Speed of Processing Training to Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury

Applying Speed of Processing Training (SPT) to Individuals With TBI

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kessler Foundation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This pilot study will document the efficacy of a behavioral intervention for Processing Speed (PS) in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Speed of Processing Training (SPT), which has been successful used in the aging population in several studies. This study will (1) apply a treatment protocol for PS impairments, well-validated in aging, to persons with TBI with impaired PS, and document its efficacy on standard neuropsychological (NP) tests (2) assess the effectiveness of the intervention utilizing global measures of daily life, including an objective measure (TIADL) (3) examine the long term impact of SPT. This study is unique in that it will be the first to evaluate the efficacy of a highly-manualized structured behavioral treatment for processing speed deficits in persons with TBI utilizing the optimal methodology for carrying out such studies, a randomized clinical trial. Given the prevalence of PS deficits in the TBI population and the significant impact such deficits have on everyday functioning, public safety, and overall quality of life, the identification of an effective intervention for PS deficits in TBI could have a profound impact on the population and society as a whole.

Conditions

• Traumatic Brain Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Speed of Process Training	SPT involves trainer-guided practice of computer-based exercises, including Target Detection (indicating presence or absence of targets, identifying targets, etc.) and Discrimination and Localization (performing same/ different discriminations of targets presented very quickly and followed by a masking pattern) 10, 19, 84. Display speed, ranging from 17 to 500 ms, is the primary manipulation during training, which increases task demands and thus demands on PS itself. These training tasks are tailored to each individual's ability by the trainer.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2013-04-24
• Last updated: 2015-04-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States