Clinical trials: Executive Functioning
Breast Cancer
Assessment of Sensory Gating, Attention, and Executive Control in Breast Cancer
This study is being done to find out if a new series of evaluations called the SAE (Sensory-Attention-Executive) Battery can help researchers learn more about how cancer treatment does or does not change the way the brain…
- Trial name
- NCT03619083
- Testing
- SAE battery, Assessments
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 187 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sport Participation
High-Intensity Interval Training Across Exercise Environments: Acute Effects on Physiological Stress, Cardiovascular Responses, Executive Function, and Psychological Experience
The goal of this clinical trial utilizing a randomized crossover design)is to explore the modulating effects of different exercise environments （green parks, outdoor athletic tracks, and indoor settings) on acute responses to…
- Trial name
- NCT07488715
- Testing
- HIIT in Indoor Environment, HIIT in Outdoor Athletic Track, HIIT in Green Park Environment
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai University of Sport
ADHD, Cognitive Deficit
Cognitive Intervention in Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a disorder in which children show insufficient attention span, hyperactivity and impulsivity according to their developmental level.
- Trial name
- NCT05063669
- Testing
- Cognitive Occupational Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Biruni University
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity
Study of the Duration and Efficacy of MYDAYIS on Adult ADHD Symptoms and Executive Function Throughout the Day Into the Early Evening
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by problems with sustaining attention, organization, planning, procrastination, daydreaming, restlessness, impulsivity and…
- Trial name
- MYDAYIS (NCT03945175)
- Testing
- MYDAYIS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Cognitive Change, Child Development
Conectar Jugando: Board Games in Elementary Classrooms (6-12 Years Old) to Improve Executive Functions
Executive functions are cognitive processes that have been frequently related to adequate academic performance in the scientific literature.
- Trial name
- CJ-Aula (NCT05143294)
- Testing
- Conectar Jugando Classroom Program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brain In Game scientific-technical service
Schizophrenia
Adjuvant Therapy With Pergolide in Treating Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
The objective of this study is to compare the modulation of pergolide, a D1/D2 receptor agonist, to placebo in non-acute schizophrenic subjects under concomitant therapy with atypical antipsychotics on specific PFC functions.
- Trial name
- NCT01066403
- Testing
- Pergolide
- Where
- 4 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Heidelberg University
Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Dual-Task Training for People With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia
Evidence shows that people with dementia have a higher prevalence of sleep disturbance, cognitive decline, behavioral disturbance, and experience motor dysfunction. These symptoms are interrelated.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Older Adult
- Trial name
- DTT (NCT06348810)
- Testing
- Dual-task training, Cognitive training, Motor training
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Executive Function (Cognition), Shooting Performance
The Effect of Long-term Virtual Reality-based Motor Imagery Exercise Intervention on Executive Performance in Competitive Shooting Athlete
This study evaluates whether a 12-week virtual reality-based motor imagery (VRMI) training program can improve executive function and shooting performance in competitive 10-meter air pistol athletes.
- Trial name
- VRMI-ShootEF (NCT07522515)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Motor Imagery Training, Traditional Exercise Training, Health Education Videos
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xiaodong Cheng
Cognitive Ability, General, Psychiatric and/or Mood Disorders
The Bucharest Early Intervention Project
The purpose of this study is to determine the long term effects of early intervention (placement into foster care) on physical, cognitive, social and brain development and psychiatric symptomatology in previously…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Ability, General, Psychiatric and/or Mood Disorders, Brain Function, Social Cognition
- Trial name
- BEIP (NCT00747396)
- Testing
- Foster Care Placement
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Charles Alexander Nelson III
Preterm Infants
Executive Function in Preterm Born Children: An Integrative Approach From Genetics to Brain Function
Hd-EEG and MRI measures are used to study the maturation of functional networks in order to identify the neural circuits underlying executive and memory processes in children born preterm.
- Trial name
- NCT01615523
- Testing
- MRI, EEG and cognitive testing
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Executive Function, Behavioral Research
Organizational Skills Training - Tier 2 (OST-T2)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Organizational Skills Training Program - Tier 2 version (OST-T2) in a cluster randomized trial.
- Conditions
- Executive Function, Behavioral Research, Schools, Behavior Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT03443323
- Testing
- Organizational Skills Training - Tier 2 (OST-T2)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 186 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Motor Skills, Balance
Coordination-based Exercise Intervention in Preschool Children
This study intended to assess the impact of coordination-based exercise interventions on physical fitness, motor competence, and executive function among preschoolers aged 4 to 6 years.
- Conditions
- Motor Skills, Balance, Fitness, Preschool
- Trial name
- NCT06405854
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
Executive Function (Cognition), Event-Related Potentials
Physical Fitness and Hot Executive Function in Alzheimer's Risk
This 18-month study tracks how physical fitness relates to executive function in older adults, aiming to determine if fitness improvements predict better cognitive performance.
- Conditions
- Executive Function (Cognition), Event-Related Potentials, Physical Fitness
- Trial name
- NCT07081269
- Testing
- observation alone
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan Normal University
Heart Defects, Congenital, Critical Illness
Leuven Growing Into Deficit Follow-up Study
The key objective of the Leuven growing-into-deficit (GID) follow-up-study is to test the hypothesis that children with a congenital heart disease (CHD) show more neurocognitive impairment at the second follow-up at 7 years old…
- Conditions
- Heart Defects, Congenital, Critical Illness, Mental Processes, Child
- Trial name
- Leuven-GID (NCT01632813)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Childhood Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Goal Management Training for Adult Survivors of Childhood Leukemia and Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma With Neurocognitive Sequelae
Survivors of childhood cancer are at risk for developing neurocognitive sequelae. Multiple meta-analyses demonstrate significant deficits in overall intellectual abilities, academic functioning and specific cognitive skills among…
- Conditions
- Childhood Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- Trial name
- NCT04541056
- Testing
- Goal Management Training (GMT), Brain Health Workshop (BHW)
- Where
- 3 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Cerebral Palsy
Eye-tracking Working Memory Training in Children and Youth With Severe Cerebral Palsy
People with severe cerebral palsy (CP) who are nonverbal and unable to control conventional computer interfaces due to the severe limitations in hand control benefit from eye-tracking technology as access method to Augmentative…
- Trial name
- NCT06918379
- Testing
- Cogmed Working Memory Training (CWMT)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Heart Failure, Cardiac Failure
Heart Failure Insomnia Treatment Study
The purpose of this study is to compare a short, behavioral treatment for insomnia with sleep monitoring to determine whether these approaches are effective in reducing insomnia and improving sleep quality among patients with…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Cardiac Failure, Congestive Heart Failure, Insomnia
- Trial name
- H-FITS (NCT03636880)
- Testing
- Brief treatment for Insomnia, Sleep Monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Effects of Systematic Exercise Training on Core Symptoms, Executive Function and Brain Function in Children With ASD
Studies have shown that children with ASD simultaneously have deficits in overall executive function and impairments in basic motor skills, which have a negative impact on cognitive and social all-round development.
- Trial name
- NCT07104708
- Testing
- The Child-Parent- Trainer exercise program, The regular physical training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Chen Li
Gulf War Veterans Illness, Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Scalp Application of LED Therapy to Improve Thinking and Memory in Veterans With Gulf War Illness
The purpose of this study is to learn if an experimental treatment can help thinking ability, and memory in Veterans with Gulf War Veterans Illnesses (GWVI).
- Conditions
- Gulf War Veterans Illness, Neurobehavioral Manifestations, Memory Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT01782378
- Testing
- Real LED Treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Effects of Music-Based Occupational Therapy on Attention and Executive Functions in Children With ADHD
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects children's attention, behavior, and emotional regulation.
- Trial name
- MBOT-ADHD (NCT07253558)
- Testing
- Music-Based Occupational Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital