Clinical trials: Executive Function
Overweight and Obesity, Physical Activity
Implementation and Evaluation of a Before School Physical Activity Program in Revere, MA
This study evaluates the implementation of the BOKS program in three schools (K-8) in Revere, MA, and its effect on participating students with regard to BMI, cognitive, and quality of life outcomes.
- Conditions
- Overweight and Obesity, Physical Activity, Quality of Life, Fitness
- Trial name
- NCT03805295
- Testing
- BOKS Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 188 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Activities of Daily Living Participation Characteristics Among School-Aged Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study aimed to investigate the performance of activities of daily living (ADL) among 53 children ages 6-10 years: 17 with high-severity ASD (HS-ASD), 16 with low-severity ASD (LS-ASD), and 20 controls with typical…
- Trial name
- NCT05186103
- Testing
- observation
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sara Rosenblum
ADHD, Dyslexia
Computerized Working Memory Training
Prior research has found that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading difficulties (RD) are at an elevated risk of developing further cognitive deficits and developmental challenges.
- Trial name
- NCT06567444
- Testing
- Working memory intervention
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Brain Training in Children With/At-risk for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Executive Function Impairment
The purpose of this study is to determine if different forms of child-friendly, computer-based puzzles and games ("brain training") targeting executive function (EF) skills (i.e., thinking, problem-solving) result in improvements…
- Trial name
- NCT02588365
- Testing
- Brain Training (Active), Brain Training (Passive), Brain Training (Active or Passive)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Exercise, ADHD
Exercise Enhances Brain Function in Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
The aim of the study was to investigate the different effects of exercise types on inhibitory control in children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder.
- Conditions
- Exercise, ADHD, Executive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT05016102
- Testing
- Exercise type
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan Normal University
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder
Home Play-based Intervention for Parents and Infants
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a 12-week home-based intervention (Sociometric Play-based Remediation of Individual Neurodevelopmental Trajectories (SPRINT)) helps support parenting and the development of…
- Conditions
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder, Premature Birth, Global Developmental Delay
- Trial name
- SPRINT (NCT07716072)
- Testing
- SPRINT Intervention, Waitlist Protocol
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Dyslexia, Dance Therapy
The Effects of Creative Dance Therapy on Motor and Executive Functions in Children With Dyslexia
Although some benefits of dance have been described for motor and cognitive skills, the effects on individuals with dyslexia are unclear.
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Dance Therapy, Motor Skills, Executive Function
- Trial name
- NCT05850169
- Testing
- Creative Dance Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara Medipol University
Low Executive Function in Children
Modeling and Testing Change in Mental Abilities in Childhood
Children with low executive function, working memory and attention skills in childhood not only do poorly at school, but also go on to do poorly on social, health, and financial indicators in adulthood.
- Trial name
- NCT02459873
- Testing
- Computer games to assess change in executive function skills
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Cardiovascular Diseases, Respiratory Diseases
Study on Intervention Effect of Heat-related Health Risk Early Warning Digital Technology for School-age Children
This cluster randomized trial is conducted in Beijing primary schools to evaluate the efficacy of a WeChat mini-program-based high-temperature early warning intervention on the physical and cognitive health of school-age…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Respiratory Diseases, Mental Health Disorders, Heat Illness
- Trial name
- NCT07643571
- Testing
- WeChat Mini-program Based Heat Health Risk Early Warning Intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Cognitive Intervention to Promote Healthy Development of Executive Function (EF) Skills in Young Children
Parent-Child EF Intervention
Koronis Biomedical Technologies Corporation (KBT) is developing a cognitive intervention to promote healthy development of Executive Function (EF) skills in young children by leveraging a smartphone-based training regime designed…
- Trial name
- NCT06924307
- Testing
- Executive Function Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Koronis Biomedical Technologies
Executive Function, Problem Behavior
Effectiveness of Play-Based Training on Executive Functioning in Pre-School Children
The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a play-based intervention designed to support the development of executive functioning in 3-5-year-old children.
- Trial name
- NCT04752605
- Testing
- Finnish ENGAGE together
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Niilo Mäki Institute
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms
Development of a Mobile App for an Executive Functioning Intervention for Adolescents
This study develops an initial prototype of a mobile tool that will support clinician-directed behavioral/organizational skills treatment for adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with input guided from…
- Trial name
- NCT04018794
- Testing
- Behavioral/organizational skills intervention augmented with digital health application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), ADHD
Effects of Phosphatidylserine and DHA on Cognitive Performance in Children With ADHD
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different phosphatidylserine (PS) formulations, with or without docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), on cognitive performance in children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…
- Trial name
- PS-DHA-ADHD (NCT07521449)
- Testing
- Phosphatidylserine-Omega3, DHA Omega-3
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Çağlar Charles Daniel Jaicks
Dyslexia, Executive Dysfunction
The Effects of Play and Competition-Based Cognitive Therapy
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of play and competition-based cognitive therapy (PCB-CT) on executive function and occupational routines in children with dyslexia.
- Trial name
- NCT03906097
- Testing
- Play and Competition-Based Cognitive Therapy
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
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
Intellectual Disability, Mild
Evaluation of CO-OP for Adolescents With Mild Intellectual Disability
Intellectual disability (ID) affects a person throughout life and includes difficulties to manage what is expected in everyday life based on age.
- Trial name
- CO-OPIF (NCT06691698)
- Testing
- The Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance Approach
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Örebro University, Sweden
Acquired Brain Injury
Implementation of a HABIT-ILE Intervention at William Lennox Neurological Hospital (NeuREHA)
Using a randomized controlled trial design, in an hospital environment, possible changes induced by the "Hand-arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Including Lower Extremities (HABIT-ILE)" treatment program will be investigated in…
- Trial name
- NeuREHA (NCT05900778)
- Testing
- HABIT-ILE, Conventional intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Down Syndrome, Trisomy 21
Executive Function Play Opportunities for Children With Down Syndrome
The Executive Function Play Opportunities (EXPO) study is a sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trial (SMART) evaluating adaptive caregiver-mediated intervention pathways for improving executive function (EF) in children…
- Trial name
- EXPO (NCT07792382)
- Testing
- EXPO, EXPO Extended, EXPO Foundations
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
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