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Software Treatment for Actively Reducing Severity of ADHD - Follow Up

An Exploratory Study to Assess the Sustained Effects of Digital Therapy in Pediatric Subjects 8 to 12 Years Old With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02828644
Acronym
STARS-ADHD2
Enrollment
175
Registered
2016-07-11
Start date
2016-08-31
Completion date
2018-02-28
Last updated
2019-02-12

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Conditions

Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

Keywords

ADHD

Brief summary

This is an exploratory study to assess potential maintenance of clinical benefit (cognition and symptoms) following 4 weeks of at-home digital therapy in ADHD children.

Detailed description

The study will be a blinded (investigators and outcome assessors), randomized (from parent study Akili-001R), parallel group, follow-up study of the sustained effects of 4-weeks of treatment with either AKL-T01 (EVO Multi) game-based digital therapy or AKL-T09 (EVO Words) game-based digital therapy. The trial will consist of 4 visits: Screening (to be conducted at the same time as the end-of-study visit for the parent study Akili-001R), FU-Day 28 visit (conducted in clinic), and FU-Day 56 and FU-Day 84 visits (conducted remotely via electronically captured parent reported outcomes).

Interventions

DEVICEEVO

videogame-like digital therapy

Sponsors

Akili Interactive Labs, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Completed Akili Study Akili-001R including all clinical assessments at DAY28 per the study protocol * Ability to comply with all the testing and requirements per this protocol

Exclusion criteria

* Participant is currently considered a suicide risk in the opinion of the Investigator, has previously made a suicide attempt, or has a prior history of, or is currently demonstrating active suicidal ideation or self-injurious behavior as measured by C-SSRS at screening * Participant has demonstrated clinically significant deterioration in functioning as assessed by PI and other study staff that would contraindicate continued participation in the follow-up study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Sustained Effects in Attention From End-of-treatment (Follow-Up Day 0) to Follow-Up Day 28 Within Groups That Were Previously Randomized to Receive 4 Weeks of Digital TherapyDay 0 to Day 28TOVA API is a comparison of the subject's scores based on selected measures that persons with an independent diagnosis of ADHD frequently demonstrated. The API is calculated from variability, response time, and d' (D Prime) using the following formula: API = Response Time Z score (Half 1) + d' Z score (Half 2) + Variability Z score (Total) + 1.80 where Response Time is the average time it takes to respond correctly to a target, d' score is a response discriminability score reflecting the ratio of hits to false alarms, and Variability is a measure of consistency of speed of responding based on the standard deviation of the mean correct response times. API tells how similar the score is to the ADHD profile. A score of less than 0 indicates that the subject had similar performance to a normative ADHD population. A lower score indicates a more severe ADHD profile. The calculation for difference in TOVA API was API at Day 28 minus API at Day 0 of this study.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Sustained Effects in Attention From End-of-treatment (Follow-Up Day 0) to Follow-Up Day 28 Across Groups That Were Previously Randomized to Receive 4 Weeks of Digital TherapyDay 0 to Day 28TOVA API is a comparison of the subject's scores based on selected measures that persons with an independent diagnosis of ADHD frequently demonstrated. The API is calculated from variability, response time, and d' (D Prime) using the following formula: API = Response Time Z score (Half 1) + d' Z score (Half 2) + Variability Z score (Total) + 1.80 where Response Time is the average time it takes to respond correctly to a target, d' score is a response discriminability score reflecting the ratio of hits to false alarms, and Variability is a measure of consistency of speed of responding based on the standard deviation of the mean correct response times. API tells how similar the score is to the ADHD profile. A score of less than 0 indicates that the subject had similar performance to a normative ADHD population. A lower score indicates a more severe ADHD profile. The calculation for difference in TOVA API was API at Day 28 minus API at Day 0 of this study.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
AKL-T01 (EVO Multi)
AKL-T01, or EVO Multi, is a digital intervention that requires subjects to navigate a character through a game-like space, while collecting objects, in a fixed period of time. The intervention was administered to the subjects during the parent study (Akili-001R, NCT02674633)
88
AKL-T09 (EVO Words)
AKL-T09, or EVO Words, is a digital intervention that requires subjects to spell as many words as possible, by connecting letters in a game-like grid, in a fixed period of time. The intervention was administered to the subjects during the parent study (Akili-001R, NCT02674633)
87
Total175

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up2322

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicAKL-T09 (EVO Words)TotalAKL-T01 (EVO Multi)
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
87 Participants175 Participants88 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected0 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
87 Participants175 Participants88 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
21 Participants51 Participants30 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
66 Participants124 Participants58 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 880 / 87
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 880 / 87
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 880 / 87

Outcome results

Primary

Sustained Effects in Attention From End-of-treatment (Follow-Up Day 0) to Follow-Up Day 28 Within Groups That Were Previously Randomized to Receive 4 Weeks of Digital Therapy

TOVA API is a comparison of the subject's scores based on selected measures that persons with an independent diagnosis of ADHD frequently demonstrated. The API is calculated from variability, response time, and d' (D Prime) using the following formula: API = Response Time Z score (Half 1) + d' Z score (Half 2) + Variability Z score (Total) + 1.80 where Response Time is the average time it takes to respond correctly to a target, d' score is a response discriminability score reflecting the ratio of hits to false alarms, and Variability is a measure of consistency of speed of responding based on the standard deviation of the mean correct response times. API tells how similar the score is to the ADHD profile. A score of less than 0 indicates that the subject had similar performance to a normative ADHD population. A lower score indicates a more severe ADHD profile. The calculation for difference in TOVA API was API at Day 28 minus API at Day 0 of this study.

Time frame: Day 0 to Day 28

Population: All subjects who were randomized to the AKL-T01 arm in 001R/NCT02674633, completed 4 weeks of at-home play, and completed the Day 0 and Day 28 visits of this study.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
AKL-T01 (EVO Multi)Sustained Effects in Attention From End-of-treatment (Follow-Up Day 0) to Follow-Up Day 28 Within Groups That Were Previously Randomized to Receive 4 Weeks of Digital Therapy-0.407 z-scoreStandard Deviation 2.823
Secondary

Sustained Effects in Attention From End-of-treatment (Follow-Up Day 0) to Follow-Up Day 28 Across Groups That Were Previously Randomized to Receive 4 Weeks of Digital Therapy

TOVA API is a comparison of the subject's scores based on selected measures that persons with an independent diagnosis of ADHD frequently demonstrated. The API is calculated from variability, response time, and d' (D Prime) using the following formula: API = Response Time Z score (Half 1) + d' Z score (Half 2) + Variability Z score (Total) + 1.80 where Response Time is the average time it takes to respond correctly to a target, d' score is a response discriminability score reflecting the ratio of hits to false alarms, and Variability is a measure of consistency of speed of responding based on the standard deviation of the mean correct response times. API tells how similar the score is to the ADHD profile. A score of less than 0 indicates that the subject had similar performance to a normative ADHD population. A lower score indicates a more severe ADHD profile. The calculation for difference in TOVA API was API at Day 28 minus API at Day 0 of this study.

Time frame: Day 0 to Day 28

Population: All subjects who were enrolled in 001R/NCT02674633, completed 4 weeks of at-home play, and completed the Day 0 and Day 28 visits of this study.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
AKL-T01 (EVO Multi)Sustained Effects in Attention From End-of-treatment (Follow-Up Day 0) to Follow-Up Day 28 Across Groups That Were Previously Randomized to Receive 4 Weeks of Digital Therapy-0.407 z-scoreStandard Deviation 2.823
AKL-T09 (EVO Words)Sustained Effects in Attention From End-of-treatment (Follow-Up Day 0) to Follow-Up Day 28 Across Groups That Were Previously Randomized to Receive 4 Weeks of Digital Therapy-0.615 z-scoreStandard Deviation 3.338

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026