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2024-10-26 @ 3:43 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:43 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06656637
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
None
First Post:
2024-10-17
Brief Title:
To Drill or Not to Drill Do Memory Drills Help Train the Ability to remember to Remember in Veterans
Sponsor:
None
Organization:
None
Study Overview
Official Title:
To Drill or Not to Drill Do Memory Drills Help Strengthen Prospective Memory and Decrease Veterans Concerns About Prospective Memory Problems
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-10
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
No
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
PMIS
Brief Summary:
The goal of this clinical trial is to memory drilling works in improving the ability to remember to do something later in treatment-seeking veterans The main question it aims to answer is
Does adding memory drilling to intensive treatment programs improve the patients ability to remember to do something later
Researchers will compare typical standardized memory training to the memory training with drilling to see if drilling improves the veterans ability to remember tasks they are supposed to do later
Participants will
complete the Operation Mend intensive treatment program with either standard care either with or without Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD focused trauma therapy or standard care memory drilling
complete a virtual memory assessment at entrance exit and three months post exit This assessment will include questionnaires interviews and computerized and naturalistic memory tasks
Does adding memory drilling to intensive treatment programs improve the patients ability to remember to do something later
Researchers will compare typical standardized memory training to the memory training with drilling to see if drilling improves the veterans ability to remember tasks they are supposed to do later
Participants will
complete the Operation Mend intensive treatment program with either standard care either with or without Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD focused trauma therapy or standard care memory drilling
complete a virtual memory assessment at entrance exit and three months post exit This assessment will include questionnaires interviews and computerized and naturalistic memory tasks
Detailed Description:
Treatment-seeking veterans who come for diagnostics andor treatment to University of California Los Angeles UCLA Operation Mend show a high level of memory concern To address this issue the veterans receive training in evidence-informed compensatory strategies However a high level of memory concern remains and this study aims to investigate the efficacy of adding memory drills to the treatment program
There is mixed evidence in the literature about whether memory drills which tend to show improvement in computerized cognitive tasks generalize to naturalistic forms of memory Specifically the efficacy of computerized training for prospective memory PM perhaps the most naturalistic form of memory is understudied The proposed study seeks to answer the question whether adding a computerized drilling of retrospective and prospective memory to Operation Mends Cognitive Training enhances patients PM performance reduces their memory concerns
Study participants will be recruited from participants of the Operation Mend Intensive Treatment Programs ITPs The BRAIN ITP is a two-week intensive brain health program for patients who may have a history of mild traumatic brain injury and other comorbidities who wish to focus on improving their day-to-day cognitive functioning maximizing their brain health as well as reducing the impact of other symptoms such as physical pain It involves cognitive training sessions and meetings with neuropsychologists neurologists occupational therapists dieticians etc The PTSD ITP is a two-week intensive therapy and skills training program for patients who wish to focus on evidence-based treatment for PTSD and other psychological and cognitive comorbidities that involves mental health sessions and meetings with psychiatrists psychologists neuropsychologists etc
This will be a randomized controlled trial with three groups The experimental group with BRAIN ITP participants will receive the normal standard of care and memory drilling while the BRAIN ITP control group receives only the normal standard of care The third control group will come from the PTSD ITP who receive normal standard of care plus PTSD treatment This control group is included because of indications of a connection between PTSD symptomology and PM deficits
In the BRAIN ITP the standard PM training for both the experimental and control group takes place during the patients individual sessions with a neuropsychologist In total there are seven sessions At each of these sessions the neuropsychologist will review a new compensatory strategy for prospective memory and assign a naturalistic task for completion as homework to practice the strategy The experimental group will receive the additional memory drills training This training includes the completion of a list learning memory task and then a prospective memory task conducted on the computer at each session The PTSD ITP group will receive the standard of care cognitive processing therapy and cognitive training
Participants will be assessed at baseline before entering the program at exit immediately after the two-week program and at 3 months post exit The assessments consist of surveys regarding their PM performance in their day-to-day lives a computerized and naturalistic objective measurement of PM All assessments except for the exit assessment which does not include the naturalistic task will be administered via Zoom by study staff Participants will fill out the exit assessment by themselves The total study time will be approximately 2 to 35 hours over the course of approximately 15 to 17 weeks
There is mixed evidence in the literature about whether memory drills which tend to show improvement in computerized cognitive tasks generalize to naturalistic forms of memory Specifically the efficacy of computerized training for prospective memory PM perhaps the most naturalistic form of memory is understudied The proposed study seeks to answer the question whether adding a computerized drilling of retrospective and prospective memory to Operation Mends Cognitive Training enhances patients PM performance reduces their memory concerns
Study participants will be recruited from participants of the Operation Mend Intensive Treatment Programs ITPs The BRAIN ITP is a two-week intensive brain health program for patients who may have a history of mild traumatic brain injury and other comorbidities who wish to focus on improving their day-to-day cognitive functioning maximizing their brain health as well as reducing the impact of other symptoms such as physical pain It involves cognitive training sessions and meetings with neuropsychologists neurologists occupational therapists dieticians etc The PTSD ITP is a two-week intensive therapy and skills training program for patients who wish to focus on evidence-based treatment for PTSD and other psychological and cognitive comorbidities that involves mental health sessions and meetings with psychiatrists psychologists neuropsychologists etc
This will be a randomized controlled trial with three groups The experimental group with BRAIN ITP participants will receive the normal standard of care and memory drilling while the BRAIN ITP control group receives only the normal standard of care The third control group will come from the PTSD ITP who receive normal standard of care plus PTSD treatment This control group is included because of indications of a connection between PTSD symptomology and PM deficits
In the BRAIN ITP the standard PM training for both the experimental and control group takes place during the patients individual sessions with a neuropsychologist In total there are seven sessions At each of these sessions the neuropsychologist will review a new compensatory strategy for prospective memory and assign a naturalistic task for completion as homework to practice the strategy The experimental group will receive the additional memory drills training This training includes the completion of a list learning memory task and then a prospective memory task conducted on the computer at each session The PTSD ITP group will receive the standard of care cognitive processing therapy and cognitive training
Participants will be assessed at baseline before entering the program at exit immediately after the two-week program and at 3 months post exit The assessments consist of surveys regarding their PM performance in their day-to-day lives a computerized and naturalistic objective measurement of PM All assessments except for the exit assessment which does not include the naturalistic task will be administered via Zoom by study staff Participants will fill out the exit assessment by themselves The total study time will be approximately 2 to 35 hours over the course of approximately 15 to 17 weeks
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None