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Feasibility and Effectiveness of Computerized Cognitive Training in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

NCT02472860 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2018-03-27

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Summary

The investigators will conduct a randomized placebo-controlled trial of a computerized intervention targeting cognition in 30 teens with autism spectrum disorder.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Targeted Cognitive Training (TCT)

The investigators have selected a set of computer exercises designed to specifically target aspects of cognition relevant to autism spectrum disorder (including attention and executive functions). The tasks were designed to benefit subjects through principles of learning dependent plasticity.

OTHER

Youth Appropriate Online Games

Engaging games not designed to improve cognition

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Research Fund

    collaborator OTHER

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alysa E Doyle, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-30
Primary Completion
2017-08-02
Completion
2017-08-02

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