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Long-term Effects of Visual Spatial Working Memory Training Program Performed at Preschool Age in Very Preterm Infants With Visual Spatial Working Memory Deficit. A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT02757794 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 166

Last updated 2023-07-06

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Summary

Prematurity tends to increase in France in recent years and more children born extremely premature infants survive. If severe impairments have stabilized, the majority of former extremely premature children have neuropsychological disorders and moderate appearance behavior disorder, but with a significant impact both family, school and social persisting into adulthood.

Executive functions (EF), in general, and working memory (MT), in particular, are frequently altered in older children preterm infants compared to controls born at term.

The identification process of loss in certain diseases, as well as improving knowledge of brain functioning, and development with the possibility of neuronal plasticity has led research teams to develop intervention programs focused on process cognitive qualified of "remediation" cognitive (RC). Schematically, the RC is defined as a rehabilitation or altered cognitive functions. MT can be improved by encouraging the operation of the spots mental stimulant. These programs are effective on MT but do not have the expected impact on other FE, language or nonverbal functions (visuospatial). The functional benefit of cognitive remediation remains controversial.

Improving mental functions untrained as nonverbal MT, attention and secondarily learning is possible but still unproven on wide population. Similarly, randomized trials are needed to test this type of cognitive remediation among preschoolers old very premature.

Conditions

  • Children Born Extremely Premature
  • Disturbance of Visuo-spatial Working Memory

Interventions

OTHER

computerized cognitive remediation program

a computer program online re-educating the working memory is completed by the parents and the child. The child made a series of interactive exercises accompanied by parents or a practitioner. The exercises are adapted automatically and individually to the performance at each session.

OTHER

standard remediation

A speech therapy and / or academic support is realized.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Urielle DESALBRES, Director · Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-29
Primary Completion
2019-08-20
Completion
2019-08-20

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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