Predictors for Successful Neurofeedback Training (Predictors)

The primary objective of this study is to identify predictors of neurofeedback training success.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Neurofeedback training

Detailed Description

In the last decades, neurofeedback has been established as a promising scientific tool. Learning voluntary control over their own brain activity allows for establishing causal links between brain activity and mental functions. However, patients participants differ in their ability to learn control over their own brain activity with neurofeedback. It is thus crucial to understand why some participants are more successful in regulating their own brain activity than others. The objective of the present study is thus to identify predictors for successful learning self-regulation with real-time fMRI neurofeedback. To achieve this goal, we will evaluate the introspection ability of healthy participants using standardized psychological questionnaires and tasks. These scores will then be correlated with how well they learned self-regulation skills using established real-time fMRI neurofeedback protocols.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 192
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Frank Scharnowski, Prof. Dr.; Phone Number: +41443842953; Email: Frank.Scharnowski@uzh.ch

Study Locations

• Switzerland
  • Zürich-
    • Zürich, Zürich-, Switzerland, 8032
      • Recruiting
      • Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Zurich
      • Contact: Frank Scharnowski, Prof. Dr.; Phone Number: +41443842953; Email: Frank.Scharnowski@uzh.ch
      • Contact: Ronald Sladky, PD Dr.; Phone Number: +41443842667; Email: ronald.sladky@uzh.ch

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Age 18 - 65 years. Magnetic resonance imaging compatibility.

Exclusion Criteria:

Physical or psychiatric disorders (DSM-V diagnosis). Current substance abuse. Exclusion criteria applicable to MRI (metallic implants, claustrophobia, epilepsy).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Triple

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
correlation between introspection scores and learning success	The primary outcome measure is a correlation between introspection scores and neurofeedback learning success across all subjects.	48 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Frank Scharnowski

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): October 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): September 30, 2021
• Study Completion (Anticipated): September 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 26, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 26, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): September 29, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 2, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2017
• Last Verified: September 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: PsychiatricUHZPUK

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No