Memory Rehabilitation by Means of Working Memory Training in Combination With a Recollection Training

Sponsor

University of Oldenburg (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02790151

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Duration (Months)

1.6

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Memory deficits after brain damage are common and there is still a need for evaluated therapy methods. In this study we compare two therapeutic interventions and investigate whether therapy effects can be found on neuropsychological tests and on a test measuring memory in everyday life.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Memory Deficits	Behavioral: Standard Therapy Behavioral: Experimental Intervention	N/A

Detailed Description

In the interventiongroup a computerbased working memory training is combined with a recollection training (repitition-lag procedure). The patients in the active control group undergo the standard memory therapy that is normally provided in the rehabilitation centre (with a focus on the acquisition and execution of different memory strategies, e.g. the spaced retrieval method). The patients in both groups are tested on different neuropsychological tests before and after nine hours of therapy. Additionally, a test is conducted that assesses memory in everyday life.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

36 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Double (Participant, Investigator)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Memory Rehabilitation by Means of Working Memory Training in Combination

Study Start Date :

Nov 1, 2014

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2016

Actual Study Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2016

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Active Comparator: Standard Therapy Learning and practicing memory strategies	Behavioral: Standard Therapy Learning and practicing Memory strategies
Experimental: Experimental Intervention Computerbased working memory training and Recollection training	Behavioral: Experimental Intervention Computerbased Working Memory Training in Combination with a Recollection Training

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Active Comparator: Standard Therapy

Learning and practicing memory strategies

Behavioral: Standard Therapy

Learning and practicing Memory strategies

Experimental: Experimental Intervention

Computerbased working memory training and Recollection training

Behavioral: Experimental Intervention

Computerbased Working Memory Training in Combination with a Recollection Training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Test to assess change in memory performance in everyday life [baseline and 9 hours]
The test includes different single tasks that measure memory in everyday life e.g. Story recall (Subtest 6 from the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test) Outcome measure: Total number of points

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome change in different neuropsychological tests [baseline and 9 hours]
Tests for verbal memory, working memory, prospective memory, attention and word fluency (Composite scores built from raw scores)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

N/A and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

brain injury
memory deficits (performance below average in the California Verbal Learning Test in learning trial 1 or 5, sfr or lfr)

Exclusion Criteria:

severe amnesia (less than 2 words in sfr of the CVLT), dementia, sensory or motor aphasia, impaired vision, insufficient German language skills, lack of patient's consent

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Rehabilitationszentrum GmbH	Oldenburg	Deutschland	Germany	26131

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Oldenburg

Investigators

Study Director: Helmut Hildebrandt, Prof. Dr., Universität Oldenburg

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Kim Merle Richter, MSc Psychologie, University of Oldenburg

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT02790151

Other Study ID Numbers:

UOLDENBURG

First Posted:

Jun 3, 2016

Last Update Posted:

Oct 18, 2016

Last Verified:

Oct 1, 2016

Keywords provided by Kim Merle Richter, MSc Psychologie, University of Oldenburg

working memory, recollection training, transfer

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Memory Disorders

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 18, 2016