Sustained Endogenous Attention Deficits in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Conditions studied: ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
In brief
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."
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06900400
- Run by
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
- People needed
- 50
- Starts
- 2024-11-11
- Expected to finish
- 2026-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-03-28
Who can join
Age: 6 and older, up to 13. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 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
You may not qualify if…
- 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
- 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 (enrolling)
- Università del Salento — Lecce, Italy (enrolling)
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