Clinical trials: Executive Dysfunction
Neurologic Disorders, Schizophrenia
Characterization of High-Level Cognitive Impairments in Patients With Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Neuropsychiatric disorders are extremely common, severe, and disabling conditions. In the field of psychiatry, they notably include schizophrenia, mood disorders (depressive and bipolar disorders), autism spectrum or…
- Conditions
- Neurologic Disorders, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (BD), Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- COGPSY (NCT07295652)
- Testing
- Cognitive assessment, Brain MRI (optional), Electroencephalography (optional)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier St Anne
Executive Dysfunction, Occupational Problems
Investigation of the Relationship Between Executive Functions and Occupational Performance of Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
The effects of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and its treatments on executive functions and occupational performance are under-mentioned in the literature.
- Conditions
- Executive Dysfunction, Occupational Problems, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- NCT06868784
- Testing
- Evaluations
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lokman Hekim University
Learning Disorders, Executive Dysfunction
Application of a Training Program for Executive Functions in a Sample of Egyptian Children With Learning Disorder
In recent years, significant progress has been made on ways to improve Executive Functions (EF) skills for school readiness involving direct EF training and classroom educational programs.
- Trial name
- NCT05476133
- Testing
- Executive functions training-elementary and Promoting executive function in in the classroom
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alexandria University
Cognitive Impairment, Mild, Executive Dysfunction
Does Computerized Cognitive Training Improve Executive Functioning in the Older Adult?
Explanation of the study: As the older adult population continues to rise, so will normal cognitive aging. This increase raises concern for maintaining cognitive function and possibly delaying the onset of disorders such as…
- Trial name
- CCT (NCT03170492)
- Testing
- RehaCom Computerized Cognitive Training for 480 minutes, Pencil-and-Paper Cognitive Training for 480 minutes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Exercise, Gait
Rhythmically Entrained Exercise in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro conduct a single-arm intervention trial to investigate the efficacy of a music-based group exercise program for community-dwelling older adults.
- Conditions
- Exercise, Gait, Cognitive Decline, Caregiver Burden
- Trial name
- REECO (NCT05462977)
- Testing
- Group exercise program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Cognitive Impairment, RRSO
IMProving Executive Function Study
This is a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study testing whether Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine; LDX) improves executive functioning (EF) in 100 postmenopausal women who report onset of EF difficulties after oophorectomy.
- Trial name
- IMPRES (NCT03187353)
- Testing
- Lisdexamfetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Executive Function Disorder, Strength Training
Strength Training and Executive Functions: A Randomized Controlled Trial
A group of 50 age-schooled adolescents was randomized into one intervention and another control group of 25 subjects each. After estimating one maximum repetition for all the participants in a previous session, the intervention…
- Conditions
- Executive Function Disorder, Strength Training, Adolescent Behavior, Academic Achievement
- Trial name
- ASTOEF (NCT04488445)
- Testing
- Strength training, Stretch and balance training
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Zaragoza
Executive Dysfunction, Depression
iTBS Study for Depression (Randomized)
Executive function deficits are common in late life depression (LLD) and are associated with resistance to antidepressants, poor quality of life, considerable disability and increased suicidal risk.
- Trial name
- NCT03745768
- Testing
- Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Executive Dysfunction
Improving Self-regulation & School Readiness in Preschoolers
This project will develop and evaluate the initial effectiveness of an intervention training executive functioning, metacognition, and self-regulation in preschoolers attending certain high poverty Cincinnati preschools.
- Trial name
- NCT02225236
- Testing
- Classroom Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 237 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Substance Dependence, Executive Function Disorder
Brain Mechanism and Intervention of Executive-control Dysfunction Among Substance Dependents
The investigators assume that tACS could improve amphetamine and alcohol dependent patients' executive-control function by adjusting the synchronization patterns and enhancing the functional connectivity of the prefrontal-ventral…
- Conditions
- Substance Dependence, Executive Function Disorder, Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT05312359
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation-true stimulus
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Pre-demential Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome in Ageing Subjects
The main aim of the study is to characterize and understand the pathological mechanisms underlying the motoric cognitive risk syndrome, which is a predictor of Alzheimer disease.
- Conditions
- Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
- Trial name
- PRESAGE (NCT05640141)
- Testing
- MRI evaluation, Actimetry & IMU, Gait evaluation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
Executive Function Disorder, Obesity, Childhood
The Purpose of This Research is to Investigate the Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function in Obese Children
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if aerobic exercise improves executive functioning in obese children. It will also understand the effects of aerobic exercise on executive functioning in obese children.
- Trial name
- NCT06510920
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jing Xin
Executive Dysfunction, Poor Exercise Adherence
Neuromodulation for Exercise Adherence
Lack of adherence to an exercise program is a major problem for older Veterans. Several fall prevention programs fail in the home setting due to lack of adherence.
- Trial name
- NCT03733041
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator, Nintendo Wii-Fit exercises
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
HIE - Hypoxic - Ischemic Encephalopathy, Perinatal Anoxic-ischemic Brain Injury
Biomarkers Study in Infants With Prior Neonatal Brain Injury
This research focuses on the long-term cognitive development of children, including healthy infants and those who had a perinatal brain injury.
- Conditions
- HIE - Hypoxic - Ischemic Encephalopathy, Perinatal Anoxic-ischemic Brain Injury, Premature Birth, Healthy Participants
- Trial name
- NCT07413900
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Cognitive Impairment, Autoimmune Encephalitis
To Explore Cognitive Neural Mechanism of Autoimmune Encephalitis by Using Neuropsychological Tests and Multi-modal MRI
Most of patients with autoimmune encephalitis are left with permanent cognitive deficits of varying severity. The patients' life and career would be affected definitely by cognitive deficits.
- Trial name
- NCT03530462
- Testing
- rituximab, cyclophosphamide, Steroids
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
Accidental Falls, Aging
Evaluation of the Effects of a Cognitive-Motor Fall Prevention Program on Fall Risk Factors
The goal of this interventional study is to compare in community dwelling elderly people the effects of two physical activity programs to prevent accident falls : "SILVER XIII EQUILIBRE" program and "VIVIFRAIL" program, on…
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls, Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- 13EVAL (NCT05625828)
- Testing
- Cognitive-motor Physical Activity, Multifactorial Physical Activity
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- EZUS-LYON 1
Insulin Growth Factor I Deficiency, IGF1 Deficiency
Effect of a HIIT Program on Quality of Life, Executive Functions, and IGF-1 Response in Sedentary Young University Women
Sedentary lifestyle, understood as an activity that requires minimal body movement (Tremblay et al., 2017), is one of the main factors responsible for chronic diseases in Young adults.
- Conditions
- Insulin Growth Factor I Deficiency, IGF1 Deficiency, Executive Function Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05642169
- Testing
- HIIT, HIIT+PA, CON
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Seville
ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, ADHD
Research on the Development, Implementation Effect and Neural Mechanism of a Physical Intervention Program for College Students With ADHD Based on the Characteristics of Balance Dysfunction
Background: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a common neurodevelopmental disorder. Its core symptoms and related executive function, emotional and motor coordination problems often persist into adulthood, significantly…
- Conditions
- ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, ADHD, ADHD - Combined Type, ADHD - Inattentive Type
- Trial name
- NCT07499427
- Testing
- Aerobic Treadmill Training, Progressive Balance Training, Cognitive-Balance Dual-Task Training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wuhan Sports University
Traumatic Brain Injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Executive Dysfunction and Self-Harm Behavior: An Examination of Veterans With TBI, PTSD, or Both
1. To determine whether tasks taken from the field of cognitive neuroscience can detect and distinguish impairments in executive function above and beyond standard neuropsychological measures in individuals with: a.) Mild…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, Self-Injurious Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT01334463
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
Traumatic Brain Injury, Suicidality
Executive Dysfunction and Suicide in Psychiatric Outpatients and Inpatients
Those with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at increased risk for suicidal behavior, and suicidality is associated with executive dysfunction.
- Trial name
- NCT01043432
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs