A Random Controlled Trial of Home-based Digital Therapy for Treating ADHD in Children
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Conditions studied: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
In brief
Explore the interventional effects of neurofeedback games on school-aged children with mild to moderate ADHD, with the aim of providing evidence-based new methods for intervening in the core symptoms of ADHD in children.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07552909
- Run by
- Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
- People needed
- 146
- Starts
- 2025-08-24
- Expected to finish
- 2026-05-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-27
Who can join
Age: 7 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children aged 7 years 0 months to 11 years 11 months
- Clinical diagnosis of ADHD made by a child psychiatrist at the attending level or above
- Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) above 85
- Children who have been diagnosed with ADHD but have not received any intervention (newly diagnosed within the last month or not having taken medication for at least 4 weeks)
- Informed consent must be obtained from the patient/guardian and from participants
You may not qualify if…
- Auditory or visual illness or disorder
- Inability to use software (e.g., color blindness, impaired hand function, or disability)
- Comorbid oppositional defiant disorder, autism spectrum disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, tic disorders, or other neurodevelopmental disorders
- Other mental illnesses such as organic mental disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or depressive disorders
- Attention deficit disorder caused by organic neurological diseases or other organic diseases
- Previous regular ADHD medication use as prescribed by a doctor, but without efficacy
- Past or present gaming addiction
- Previous neurofeedback-like "brain control game" interventions
- Previous physical therapy such as magnetic stimulation.
Where it is running
- Weiping Xia — Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China (enrolling)
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