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Remotely Deployed TBI Study

NCT01882244 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 85

Last updated 2018-05-29

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Summary

Injury to the brain can change the core of a person's being, affecting brain functions necessary to accomplish important goals in a complex world. Deficits in attention, working memory, and other aspects of goal-directed cognition affect a broad range of pursuits in everyday life, and are among the most prevalent and long-lasting consequences of brain injuries. The objective of this research is to develop remotely deployed training tools that target the most common, persistent and debilitating cognitive functions affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI); test the potential effects of the intervention and compare these effects to an active comparison intervention; and determine the neurocognitive and functional effects of computer-assisted remote training.

Conditions

  • Brain Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Neural Pathfinder Training

Neural Pathfinder Training consists of game-based computerized training tools that target goal-directed attention regulation. Training will involve 6-8 weeks of 1-2 hour in-person or remote sessions with a trainer involving an average of one session per week; about 15 minutes a week of telephone contacts with the trainer; and approximately 20 hours of homework (35 minutes/5 days a week), consisting of short attentional regulation practice and computer-assisted cognitive training game play.

BEHAVIORAL

Brain Health Education

Brain Health Education (EDU) will involve 6-8 weeks of 1-2 hour in-person or remote sessions covering brain anatomy and health with a trainer involving an average of one session per week; about 15 minutes a week of telephone contacts with the trainer; and approximately 20 hours of homework (35 minutes/5 days a week), consisting of computer game play involving decision-making and motor skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Department of Defense

    collaborator FED

  • VA Northern California Health Care System

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Anthony J-W Chen, MD · San Francisco VA Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
24 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-09-30
Completion
2019-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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