Virtual Reality-based symptom assessment using complex motor tracking in adult ADHD and depression

Virtual Reality-based symptom assessment using complex motor tracking in adult ADHD and depression - MEMO-VOR

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00031259

Enrollment

Registered

2023-07-20

Start date

2023-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

F90 F32

Interventions

Group 1: Patients with ADHD who are not taking medication to treat ADHD are administered a Mail Sorting Task to measure attentional performance within a virtual reality. Two consecutive, equal blocks

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Diagnosis of ADHD or Depression according to DSM-V or ICD-10 - Normal or corrected visual ability - German language

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Other serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia - Harmful use of or dependence on psychotropic substances - Epilepsy or other serious neurological disorders - Skin diseases or open sores on the head - Pregnancy Regarding the medicated ADHD group: - intake of any other psychopharmacological drug than approved ADHD medication Regarding the unmedicated ADHD group und depressions group: - any psychopharmacological treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
As primary outcome parameters, performance in the e-mail sorting task (classification error rate and mean processing time per e-mail, variability of processing time), head actigraphy, body actigraphy, and eye tracking will be compared between the distractor and non-distractor phases and between medicated patients with ADHD and unmedicated patients with ADHD. Furthermore, performance in the e-mail sorting task (classification error rate and mean processing time per e-mail, variability of processing time), head actigraphy, actigraphy of the body, and eye-tracking will be compared between the distractor and non-distractor phases and between the unmedicated ADHD group and the depression group.	—

Measure

Time frame

As primary outcome parameters, performance in the e-mail sorting task (classification error rate and mean processing time per e-mail, variability of processing time), head actigraphy, body actigraphy, and eye tracking will be compared between the distractor and non-distractor phases and between medicated patients with ADHD and unmedicated patients with ADHD. Furthermore, performance in the e-mail sorting task (classification error rate and mean processing time per e-mail, variability of processing time), head actigraphy, actigraphy of the body, and eye-tracking will be compared between the distractor and non-distractor phases and between the unmedicated ADHD group and the depression group.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcome parameters include analyses of fNIRS data and self-report data of ADHD symptoms during the experiment. Exploratively, the parameters mentioned under "Primary endpoints" will be investigated with regard to time-on-task effects (e.g. 1st vs. 2nd block).	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactNiclas Braun

Universitätsklinikum Bonn

niclas.braun@ukbonn.de0288-28715723

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026