Brain training with live brain scans for childhood medulloblastoma survivors
Official title: Cognitive Rehabilitation for Survivors of Childhood Medulloblastoma Using Real Time Hemodynamic Neurofeedback
Status: Recruiting. It is looking for patients now. Talk to your care team about whether it fits you.
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The short version
This study tests if watching your own brain at work can help with memory and focus after a childhood brain tumor.
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What the trial team says
This study will evaluate a new way to help childhood medulloblastoma survivors improve their thinking and memory skills. Many survivors experience long term challenges with attention and working memory because of the tumor and its treatments. The study uses real time neuroimaging technologies such as real time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rt-fMRI) and real time functional near infrared spectroscopy (rt-fNIRS) make it possible to monitor and display a participant's brain activity as it occurs. Neurofeedback uses this activity to provide individuals with immediate visual information about how specific brain regions are functioning, potentially enabling them to learn strategies to modulate or improve brain activity linked to thinking skills. Participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group receives feedback from a brain area involved in working memory, and the other receives feedback from a different brain region as a comparison. Over three visits, participants complete brain scans, neurofeedback sessions, and thinking and memory tests. The main goal is to see if this type of brain training is practical, safe, and comfortable for survivors. The study also looks at whether the training may help improve brain activity and working memory performance. Primary Objective(s): • To evaluate the feasibility of real time Hemo-NFB neurofeedback training in medulloblastoma survivors. Secondary Objective(s): • To estimate the initial efficacy of Hemo-NFB neurofeedback to up-regulate the activity of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and improve WM performance.
Key facts
- Registry number
- NCT07830134
- Stage of testing
- Not applicable
- Conditions studied
- Medulloblastoma, Childhood, Survivorship
Where it is running
This trial lists 1 site.
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Tennessee
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis)
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