Clinical trials: Working Memory Training
Schizophrenia
Pharmacologically-augmented Cognitive Therapies (PACTs) for Schizophrenia.
This application seeks renewed support for MH59803, "Dopaminergic substrates of startle gating across species," to extend a clear path of "bench-to-bedside" progress towards a critical paradigm shift in therapeutic models for…
- Trial name
- NCT02634684
- Testing
- Dextroamphetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Impulsive Behavior, Mental Disorders
Cognitive Control Training for Urgency in a Naturalistic Clinical Setting
This study is designed to test whether computer-based cognitive exercises are helpful for reducing a specific type of impulsivity.
- Trial name
- NCT03527550
- Testing
- Cognitive Control Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
Restoration of Cognitive Function With TDCS and Training in Serious Mental Illness
Development of interventions that can effectively target and remediate the cognitive and functional impairment associated with serious mental illness is a treatment priority.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Schizo Affective Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03208036
- Testing
- TDCS, Cognitive Remediation, Bridging Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Attention Deficit Disorder
Neurofeedback and Working Memory Training for Children and Adolescents With ADHD
The purpose of this study is to investigate if neurofeedback and working memory training improves core symptoms of ADHD in children and adolescents.
- Trial name
- KITE (NCT01841151)
- Testing
- SCP training, Live Z-score training, WM training
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 202 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Schizophrenia
Biomarker Strategies for Medication-Enhanced Cognitive Training in Schizophrenia
Cognitive training is moderately effective at reducing symptoms and improving life function in schizophrenia patients. The present application develops a strategy for increasing the effectiveness of cognitive training through the…
- Trial name
- Swerdlow-R34 (NCT01555697)
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Bilateral Hearing Loss
Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Efficacy of Working Memory Training in Children With Cochlear Implants
This study is an investigation of the effect of a computer-based working memory training program on memory and language processing in at-risk children (e.g., those with working memory weaknesses) who have received cochlear…
- Trial name
- NCT00763243
- Testing
- Cogmed Working Memory Training Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Evaluating a Novel Working Memory Training Program to Decrease Symptoms of PTSD
The study is designed to evaluate the effect of a novel computer training program on PTSD.
- Trial name
- NCT02139137
- Testing
- Computerized Cognitive Training - active
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Rick Gulizia
Healthy Adults
Characterizing the Synergistic Effects of Physical and Cognitive Training on Attention and Working Memory
The primary goal of this project is to evidence potential synergistic benefits on cognitive control processes using a video game ("Body-Brain Trainer", or BBT) that integrates cognitive and physical challenges in a complimentary…
- Trial name
- BBT (NCT03032796)
- Testing
- Body-Brain Trainer, Body Trainer, Brain Trainer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
HIV
Improving Memory Performance by Applying Cognitive Training
The proposed study will test the efficacy of a cognitive training program to improve working memory in a sample of HIV-infected persons.
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT02216591)
- Testing
- Active Cognitive Training (ACT), Control (CON)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Cocaine Use Disorders, HIV
Project IMPACT: Improving Memory Performance by Applying Cognitive Training
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a cognitive training program in persons with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection who have used cocaine.
- Trial name
- NCT02909101
- Testing
- Active Cognitive Training (ACT), Control Training (CON)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Tobacco Use Disorder
Working Memory Training Combined With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Smokers
Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and current first-line treatments leave the majority of tobacco dependent individuals unable to quit.
- Trial name
- NCT03337113
- Testing
- Working Memory Training, repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kent State University
Tobacco Use Disorder/Cigarette Smoking
Working Memory Training on Delay Discounting Among Cigarette Smokers
Despite widespread awareness of significant negative health consequences, cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the US (Creamer et al., 2019; Jamal, 2018).
- Trial name
- RTA (NCT05210608)
- Testing
- Working Memory Training + Behavioral Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Hearing Loss
Evaluation of Cogmed Working Memory Training for Adult Hearing Aid Users
A double-blind randomised active-controlled trial aims to assess whether Cogmed (adaptive) working memory training results in improvements in untrained measures of cognition, speech perception and self-reported hearing abilities…
- Trial name
- TEACH2 (NCT01892007)
- Testing
- Cogmed RM - Online adaptive working memory training
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Cognitive Aging
The Effects of Mixed Working Memory Training on Subsequent Training Gains Among Older Adults
While an intellectually active and socially integrated lifestyle shows promise for promoting cognitive resilience, the mechanisms underlying any such effects are not well understood.
- Trial name
- MixedWM (NCT05672771)
- Testing
- Different Mixed Condition (DM), Different Single Condition (DS), Same Task (ST) Practice Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schizophrenia, Schizo Affective Disorder
Brain Stimulation and Cognitive Training - Efficacy
People with serious mental illness often experience difficulties with thinking skills like memory. These difficulties can make it harder to perform day-to-day activities.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Schizo Affective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05111548
- Testing
- tDCS (Active), BrainHQ, tDCS (Inactive)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
ADHD
A Novel fNIRS Neurofeedback Intervention for Enhancement of Working Memory in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
The proposed study is to test and validate a novel intervention that integrates computerized cognitive training with real-time neuromonitoring and neurofeedback to enhance working memory by probing the individualized neural…
- Trial name
- NCT04002167
- Testing
- Neurofeedback, Cognitive training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Multiple Sclerosis, Neurological Disorder
Cognitive Remediation Augmented With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
The proposed study will test the feasibility and tolerability of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) added to a cognitive remediation program in n=100 adults.
- Trial name
- NCT03049969
- Testing
- tDCS stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive Ability Training in Seniors
This study investigates the beneficial effects of prefrontal brain stimulation (with transcranial direct current stimulation [tDCS]) during working memory training in seniors with subjective memory impairments.The…
- Trial name
- CATS (NCT02587338)
- Testing
- Verum tDCS
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wuerzburg University Hospital
Bipolar Disorder, Schizo Affective Disorder
Brain Stimulation and Cognitive Training
People with serious mental illness often report difficulties with thinking skills like memory. These difficulties can make it harder to perform day-to-day activities.
- Conditions
- Bipolar Disorder, Schizo Affective Disorder, Schizophrenia
- Trial name
- NCT03338673
- Testing
- tDCS, BrainHQ
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan