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Efficacy of Cognitive and Physical Trainings in Pediatric Cancer Survivors

NCT02749877 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 81

Last updated 2019-03-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Cancer survival comes at a price: pediatric cancer survivors have a high risk for a wide range of cognitive difficulties, particularly survivors of cancer involving the central nervous system (CNS, e.g., brain tumors \[BT\]) are prone to neurocognitive impairments in areas such as executive functions, working memory, attention, memory, visuospatial and motor skills, processing speed as well as language. The aim of this interdisciplinary longitudinal study is to extend empirical knowledge on training and transfer effects in children with a history of cancer. It is hypothesized that early cognitive and physical interventions affect the remediation of pediatric cancer survivors in terms of cognitive functions. These changes are further hypothesized to be associated with white matter changes.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Working Memory Training

(Training Details already described above)

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Training

(Training Details already described above)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kurt Leibundgut, MD Prof · Inselspital Bern, Switzerland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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