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NCT Number: NCT05492422

Central Executive Training and Parent Training for ADHD

The goal of the current project is to combine two evidence- based treatments for school-aged children with ADHD: Central Executive Training (CET) and Behavioral Parent Training (BPT). CET is a computerized training intervention that improves ADHD symptoms and academic functioning by improving children's working memory abilities. BPT is a therapeutic intervention that improves family functioning and child oppositional-defiant (ODD) symptoms by changing parenting behaviors. Their combined use is expected to provide complementary and additive benefits, particularly if CET is delivered before BPT.

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Key information

Conditions

ADHD Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders Mental Disorders Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Age range

8 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida, 32306, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion:

  • Children ages 8-12 with principal ADHD diagnoses (via K-SADS); and
  • parent AND teacher ratings in clinical/borderline range based on age and sex on ADHD Rating Scale (ADHD-5) or Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (BASC-3) Attention Problems/Hyperactivity subscales (i.e., 90th percentile or higher based on both informants).

All DSM-5 ADHD presentations will be eligible.

Exclusion:

  • gross neurological, sensory, or motor impairment;
  • history of seizure disorder, psychosis, bipolar, or severe dysregulation disorders that may interfere with participation (e.g., disruptive mood dysregulation, intermittent explosive, reactive attachment, substance use);
  • intellectual disability or Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V) short-form standard score <70;
  • conditions requiring acute intervention, e.g., active suicidality; and
  • non-English speaking child or parent.

Treatment and study plan

Central Executive Training (CET)

Device

Central Executive Training (CET)

Behavioral Parent Training (BPT)

Behavioral

Behavioral Parent Training (BPT)

Primary outcomes

  1. Rapport visuospatial/phonological working memory test

    Time frame: Administered during a 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session

  2. Alabama parenting scale

    Time frame: Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session

  3. Parenting sense of competence scale

    Time frame: Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session

  4. Parent stress index

    Time frame: Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session

Secondary outcomes

  1. Behavior Assessment System for Children

    Time frame: Parent and teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent and mailed to teacher while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session

  2. ADHD Rating Scale

    Time frame: Parent and teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent and mailed to teacher while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session

  3. ODD symptoms (DSM-based checklist)

    Time frame: Parent and teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent and mailed to teacher while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session

Other outcomes

  1. Academic performance rating scale

    Time frame: Teacher questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, mailed to teacher within 2 weeks of last intervention session

  2. Parent relationship questionnaire

    Time frame: Parent questionnaire requiring approximately 15 minutes to complete, administered to parent while child is completing the 3 hour post-treatment testing session occurring within 2 weeks of last intervention session

  3. Dyadic parent-child interaction coding system (DPICS)

    Time frame: Structured parent-child interaction conducted during the post-treatment testing session within 2 weeks of final intervention session

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Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Florida State University

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Registry information

Official study title

Evaluating the Efficacy of Sequenced Central Executive and Behavioral Parent Training for Children With ADHD

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Aug 8, 2022
Registry last updated
May 7, 2026

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