Project IMPACT: Improving Memory Performance by Applying Cognitive Training

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cocaine Use Disorders, HIV

In brief

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. This study tests the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a computerized cognitive training program to improve working memory and decrease impulsivity (delay discounting) among HIV-infected individuals.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02909101

Run by

Duke University

People needed

58

Starts

2017-03-01

Expected to finish

2019-02-23

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• HIV infection
• currently on antiretroviral medications for >3 months
• cocaine use as defined by crack/cocaine use in the past month, cocaine-type stimulant use disorder, and cocaine as the principal substance of abuse
• working memory impairment as defined by scoring >1 standard deviation below the normative mean on at least 2 out of the 3 working memory tests

You may not qualify if…

• pregnancy
• English non-fluency or illiteracy
• <8th grade education
• serious neurological disorders including HIV dementia, traumatic brain injury, severe mental illness, or acute psychiatric distress
• impaired mental status
• individuals who state they are planning to move away from the area within the next 3 months
• individuals without stable housing

Where it is running

• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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