NCT02989116

Executive Training and Brain in Children

Executive Training and Brain in School-Age Children

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Caen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 9 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a daily executive training to cognitive inhibition, working memory or mindfulness as compared to an active control condition has a near- and far-transfer impact on brain and behavioral measures as collected in children aged 9-10 years, either born preterm or full-term.

Conditions

• Healthy Children
• Preterm Birth

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Inhibition training	Inhibition training on a tactile tablet for a month (20 sessions of 15 min)
BEHAVIORAL	Working memory training	Working memory training on a tactile tablet for a month (20 sessions of 15 min)
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness training	Mindfulness training on a tactile tablet for a month (20 sessions of 15 min)
BEHAVIORAL	Active control training	Active control training on a tactile tablet for a month (20 sessions of 15 min)
GENETIC	Saliva collection	Collection of a saliva sample for genotyping
PROCEDURE	Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Structural and functional MRI
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive testing	Battery of cognitive and academic tasks on executive functions

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-10-01
• Primary completion: 2019-10-01
• Completion: 2019-12-01
• First posted: 2016-12-12
• Last updated: 2016-12-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France