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Effectiveness of Neuroadaptive Cognitive Training in Adolescents at Risk for Psychosis

NCT00655239 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 143

Last updated 2019-01-08

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Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of intensive computerized cognitive training in preventing the onset of psychotic disorder and improving adaptive functioning in adolescents at high risk of schizophrenia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Neuroadaptive cognitive training

Neuroadaptive cognitive training includes cognitive remediation exercises that participants will practice 1 hour per day, 5 days per week, for 8 weeks. The exercises are specifically designed to improve speed and accuracy in the perception of and response to verbal targets. The treatment will focus on TCT.

BEHAVIORAL

Computer games

The control treatment involves commercially available computer games that participants will practice 1 hour per day, 5 days per week, for 8 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Sophia Vinogradov, MD · University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco VA Medical Center; NCIRE - The Veterans Health Research Institute

  • Rachel Loewy, PhD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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