Sustained Endogenous Attention Deficits in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Recruiting · NCT06900400 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: IRCCS Eugenio Medea
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
Sustained-Paced Finger Tapping" (Petilli et al., 2018)
What this trial is about
Subjects with ADHD may exhibit deficits in sustained internal attention. The "Sustained-Paced Finger Tapping" test was recently developed and experimentally used in international literature to assess sustained internal attention in typically developing children. This clinical study has several objectives: 1) to assess the presence of "internal" sustained attention deficits in children with ADHD through the "Sustained-Paced Finger Tapping"; 2) to evaluate the discriminant and ecological validity of the "Sustained-Paced Finger Tapping."
Who can take part
Age range
6 Years to 13 Years
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
Yes - healthy volunteers may be accepted
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- ADHD Group (1) Subjects with a diagnosis of ADHD of any severity level and subtype
- ADHD Group (2) "Medication-naive" ADHD subjects, meaning subjects who have not been prescribed and/or have not yet started any pharmacological treatment for ADHD
- ADHD Group (3) IQ ≥ 70
- Non-ADHD Group, Normal IQ
Exclusion criteria
- for both groups, symptomatology suggestive of autism spectrum disorders, psychotic disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders
- for both groups, use of psychotropic drugs
- for both groups, subjects with cerebral palsy and/or neuromotor and neuromuscular disorders
- for both groups, CNS diseases, e.g., epilepsy and/or neurodegenerative diseases, or central nervous system injuries resulting from, for example, head trauma or stroke
- for the non-ADHD group, presence of ADHD symptoms
Where it is running
2 locations listed.
- Associazione "La Nostra Famiglia"-IRCCS "E. Medea"-Scientific Hospital for Neurorehabilitation-Unit for Severe Disabilities in Developmental Age and Young Adults (Developmental Neurology and Neurorehabilitation) - Brindisi, Italy
- Università del Salento - Lecce, Italy