Central Executive Training and Parent Training for ADHD
ConditionADHD
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age8-12
SponsorFlorida State University
About this trial
The goal of the current project is to combine two evidence- based treatments for school-aged children with ADHD: Central Executive Training (CET) and Behavioral Parent Training (BPT). CET is a computerized training intervention that improves ADHD symptoms and academic functioning by improving children's working memory abilities. BPT is a therapeutic intervention that improves family functioning and child oppositional-defiant (ODD) symptoms by changing parenting behaviors. Their combined use is expected to provide complementary and additive benefits, particularly if CET is delivered before BPT.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Children ages 8-12 with principal ADHD diagnoses (via K-SADS); and
parent AND teacher ratings in clinical/borderline range based on age and sex on ADHD Rating Scale (ADHD-5) or Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (BASC-3) Attention Problems/Hyperactivity subscales (i.e., 90th percentile or higher based on both informants).
gross neurological, sensory, or motor impairment;
history of seizure disorder, psychosis, bipolar, or severe dysregulation disorders that may interfere with participation (e.g., disruptive mood dysregulation, intermittent explosive, reactive attachment, substance use);
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Crossover
Treatments tested in this trial
Central Executive Training (CET)
DeviceCentral Executive Training (CET)
Behavioral Parent Training (BPT)
BehavioralBehavioral Parent Training (BPT)
Treatment groups
200 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsGroup A: CET-then-BPTExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: BPT-then-CETExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group C: Waitlist then CET+BPTExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group D: CET+BPT then 'waitlist' (follow-up)Experimental treatment 2 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Rapport visuospatial/phonological working memory test
Time frame
Administered during a 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session2
Alabama parenting scale
Time frame
Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session3
Parenting sense of competence scale
Time frame
Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session4
Parent stress index
Time frame
Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention sessionSecondary outcomes
1
Behavior Assessment System for Children
Time frame
Parent and teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent and mailed to teacher while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session2
ADHD Rating Scale
Time frame
Parent and teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent and mailed to teacher while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session3
ODD symptoms (DSM-based checklist)
Time frame
Parent and teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent and mailed to teacher while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention sessionOther outcomes
1
Academic performance rating scale
Time frame
Teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, mailed to teacher within 2 weeks of last intervention session2
Parent relationship questionnaire
Time frame
Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session3
Dyadic parent-child interaction coding system (DPICS)
Time frame
Structured parent-child interaction conducted during the post-treatment testing session within 2 weeks of final intervention sessionSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov