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Computerized Working Memory Training in Children With ADHD and Comorbid Tourette Syndrome

NCT02732496 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2018-08-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators will conduct a randomized placebo-controlled trial of a computerized intervention targeting working memory in 30 children with comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Tourette Syndrome (TS).

Conditions

  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Tourette Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Targeted Cognitive Training (TCT)

The instructors have selected a set of computer exercises designed to specifically target working memory, which is a cognitive construct relevant to ADHD and Tourette Syndrome. 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

  • Louis V. Gerstner III Research Scholar Award

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • M. Zelime Elibol, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2017-11-03
Completion
2017-11-03

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