Clinical trials: Executive Functioning
Executive Function
Fatty Acids and Executive Function Development in 7-12 Year Olds
Purpose: To examine the effect of the omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio on age-related changes in executive functions in children and older adults. Participants: Eighty-four typically-developing 7-to 12-year-old children.
- Trial name
- NCT02199808
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Executive Functioning, Pediatric ALL
Effectiveness of EEG Neurofeedback in Pediatric Occupational Therapy to Improve Executive Functioning
EEG Neurofeedback is a noninvasive way that allows the central nervous system to self regulate and the frontal cortex to be accessed through quieting of the limbic system at the subcortical level.
- Trial name
- NCT04221620
- Testing
- Zengar Electroencephalogram (EEG) Neurofeedback device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Northern Arizona University
HIV Infections
Perspective Memory and Executive Functions in HIV+ Patients
The primary goal of this observational study is to evaluate prospective memory in HIV+ patients compared to healthy subjects. The secondary goal is to examine the relationship between prospective memory and Hot Cognition…
- Trial name
- (3514) (NCT05752578)
- Testing
- Neuropsychological testing
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Persisting Primitive Reflexes
Preschool Children Motor Development
The preschool age period is crucial for motor and cognitive development, which retention primary reflexes can negatively influence.
- Trial name
- NCT06071000
- Testing
- Neuro-developmental stimulation (Neuro-vývojová stimulace).
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charles University, Czech Republic
Pediatric Obesity, Executive Function
Virtual Health Focused Acceptance-Based Program for Parents and Youth
The main purpose of vHAPPY is to pilot test a new type of virtual family-based healthy lifestyle program for children aged 8-14 with obesity and their caregivers.
- Trial name
- vHAPPY (NCT04634045)
- Testing
- Web Based Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Children and Adolescents With Neuromotor Impairment
A Story for Pepper & Nao
The aim of the present study is to improve cognitive processes that are frequently impaired in children characterised by neuromotor impairment, such as the skills of visual-perceptual analysis and selective attention, working…
- Trial name
- LbyT (NCT06797050)
- Testing
- Training in reordering figurative stories with a social robot through the Learning by Teaching approach
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Healthy Volunteers
Acute Effects of High-intensity Interval Training With Mindfulness-based Recovery on Executive Function in Children
The goal of this randomized cross-over trial is to learn about the effect of a single bout of 20-min mindfulness-based high-intensity interval training (MF-HIIT), MF-only, and HIIT-only in relative to sitting rest on executive…
- Trial name
- NCT06270589
- Testing
- MF-HIIT, MF-only, HIIT-only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Motor Development, Balance
Balance-Cognitive-Strength Training for Balance, Inhibitory Control, and Gait in Preschool Children
This randomized controlled study evaluated whether an 8-week balance-cognitive-strength training program improved balance ability, inhibitory control, and gait performance in preschool children aged 3 to 6 years.
- Conditions
- Motor Development, Balance, Healthy Children, Gait
- Trial name
- BCS-Preschool (NCT07689474)
- Testing
- Balance-Cognitive-Strength Training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aiyoudong Children and Youth Sports Health Research Institute
Stuttering, Childhood, Executive Dysfunction
Executive Function Performance in Children Who Stutter
The study aims to asses the executive function in children who stutter for better management of those children
- Trial name
- NCT05640440
- Testing
- Executive function testing
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Evaluation of the Effect and Safety of Lisdexamfetamine in Children Aged 6-12 With ADHD and Autism
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect and safety of Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Vyvanse®) in the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents with ADHD and comorbid…
- Trial name
- NCT03337646
- Testing
- Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- JPM van Stralen Medicine Professional
Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Cognition
Observational Study on the Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Executive Function and Empathy Development in Children
This study aims to investigate the effects of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on executive function and empathy development in children aged 3-12 years.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Cognition, Empathy, EEG
- Trial name
- OSA-EFED (NCT06850220)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Soochow University
Attention Concentration Difficulty, Depression
Training Resiliency in Youth (TRY) Study
The aim of the study is to determine whether a neuroscience-inspired cognitive remediation video game (EVO) that targets the cognitive control network (CCN) will improve executive functioning (EF) and resilience to psychiatric…
- Conditions
- Attention Concentration Difficulty, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- TRY (NCT03429465)
- Testing
- EVO Cognitive Remediation Game
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Executive Function Deficits (EFD)
Unstuck-Early Childhood Effectiveness & Implementation Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a new school-based, Tier 2 (selective) cognitive-behavioral intervention called Unstuck and On Target for Early Childhood (Unstuck-EC) can treat executive function deficits in young…
- Trial name
- NCT07832344
- Testing
- Unstuck and On Target for Early Childhood
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
ADHD, Child, Only
A Randomized Controlled Study of Family Based EF Training for Schoolage Children With ADHD
The goal of this study is to provide a new treatment approach for schoolage children with ADHD, which could facilitate the EF developing well to achieve better outcome.
- Trial name
- NCT05025501
- Testing
- Family based Executive Function Training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Heart Defects, Congenital, Executive Dysfunction
EF Intervention in Children With Severe Congenital Heart Disease
Survival rates of children with severe congenital heart disease (CHD) have increased with ongoing medical progress over the past decades.
- Trial name
- E-FIT (NCT05198583)
- Testing
- E-Fit
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Major Depression, Anxiety Disorder
Tackling Depression and Anxiety: A Working Memory Intervention
Anxiety and depression are both associated with impairments in executive functions, including working memory (WM) which is needed to maintain and manipulate goal-relevant information.
- Trial name
- NCT02119923
- Testing
- Working memory training
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Executive Function/Metacognitive Training for At-Risk Preschoolers
The purpose of this study is to see if an intervention training executive functions like attention, working memory, and self-regulation for preschoolers at risk for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is feasible, acceptable…
- Trial name
- ETAM (NCT01675869)
- Testing
- Executive Training of Attention and Metacognition (ETAM), Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Executive Function Disorder, Emotional Regulation
Evaluation of Executive Function and Emotional Regulation in Children in Bangladesh
The study explores the impact of malnutrition at enrollment on executive function (EF) and emotional regulation (ER) in malnourished 1-year-old children and whether specially designed brain directed therapeutic feeds improve…
- Conditions
- Executive Function Disorder, Emotional Regulation, Malnutrition, Child
- Trial name
- NCT05629624
- Testing
- Chickpea based RUSF, E-RUSF, Outcome reference group/RUSF
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 297 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
The Effects of Methylphenidate and Non-invasive Brain Stimulation on Inhibitory Control in Children With ADHD
The aim of this study is comparing the effects of non-pharmacological intervention (transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, tDCS) with those of drug (methylphenidate, MPH) administration in children and adolescents with ADHD.
- Trial name
- NCT04964427
- Testing
- Methylphenidate, anodal tDCS
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD
Therapeutic Use of rTMS in Pediatric ASD and ADHD Cohorts
In this interventional, pilot clinical trial investigators will stimulate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in patients with Autism and ADHD.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT06069323
- Testing
- repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia