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Behavioral: speed exercises for Spinal Cord Injury

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Kessler Foundation
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up assessments will look at change over 6 weeks of treatment and 3 months after completion
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Study Summary

This trial will test whether memory and processing speed can be improved in people with spinal cord injuries through training programs.

Eligible Conditions
  • Spinal Cord Injury

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~assessments will look at change over 6 weeks of treatment and 3 months after completion
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and assessments will look at change over 6 weeks of treatment and 3 months after completion for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
California Verbal Learning Test
Secondary outcome measures
SCI Quality of Life Scale
Other outcome measures
Symbol-Digit Modalities Test (oral form)

Trial Design

4Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Placebo Group
Group I: memory experimental groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Experimental group will receive memory retraining exercises administered on a lab top computer twice a week for 5 weeks.
Group II: Processing speedExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Processing speed group will receive processing speed training exercises administered on a lab top computer twice a week for 5 weeks.
Group III: Placebo comparator memoryPlacebo Group1 Intervention
Placebo controlled group will receive placebo memory retraining exercises administered on a lab top computer twice a week for 5 weeks.
Group IV: Processing speed placeboPlacebo Group1 Intervention
Placebo controlled group will receive placebo processing speed training exercises administered on a lab top computer twice a week for 5 weeks.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Behavorial; memory exercise
2016
N/A
~110
Behavioral: speed exercises
2016
N/A
~110

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Kessler FoundationLead Sponsor
173 Previous Clinical Trials
10,610 Total Patients Enrolled
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation ResearchFED
71 Previous Clinical Trials
9,025 Total Patients Enrolled
Richard Green, PhDStudy ChairKessler Foundation
1 Previous Clinical Trials
45 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Treating Cognitive Deficits in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Nancy Chiaravalloti 2016. "Treating Cognitive Deficits in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03985540.
~12 spots leftby Apr 2025
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