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Rural Veterans With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) And Comorbid Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): A Feasibility Study

NCT01278316 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2018-03-22

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Summary

This study is being conducted to understand whether training in tasks that require perceiving and thinking about things, or cognition, can improve memory in veterans who have been exposed to a blast explosion and have TBI and PTSD. A primary goal of the study is to determine whether it is feasible for veterans who don't live close to a VA to perform this cognitive training at home.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Control

Participants will be asked to perform computerized tasks that involve auditory and verbal performance one hour each day, five days per week for 8-10 weeks. Six tasks requiring auditory and verbal information will be presented.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Training

Participants will be asked to perform the Brain Fitness (PositScience) cognitive training tasks an hour each day, five days per week for 8-10 weeks. Six tasks manipulating auditory and verbal information will be presented, and stimuli from all tasks are presented auditorily. All tasks are designed to begin with the lowest level of difficulty required to attain 85% accuracy, and as performance improves, difficulty increases to maintain 85% accuracy, with difficulty decreasing if accuracy decreases.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • South Central VA Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center

    collaborator FED

  • Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Mary R Newsome, PhD · Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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