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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2023

Limited usefulness of neurocognitive functioning indices as predictive markers for treatment response to methylphenidate or neurofeedback@home in children and adolescents with ADHD.

Anna Kaiser, Pascal M Aggensteiner, Hilario Blasco Fontecilla, Tomas Ros, Eric Acquaviva, Yohan Attal, Tobias Banaschewski, Sarah Baumeister, Elisa Bousquet, Aurore Bussalb and 15 more

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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25 authors at 12 institutions in 5 countries.

Anna KaiserDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Pascal M AggensteinerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Hilario Blasco FontecillaUNIR Health Sciences School and Medical Center and UNIR-itei, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain.
Tomas RosDepartment of Neuroscience, Campus Biotech CISA-Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland.
Eric AcquavivaChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Department and Child Brain Institute, Robert Debré Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Universite Paris Cite, Paris, France.
Yohan AttalmyBrain Technologies, Paris, France.
Tobias BanaschewskiDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Sarah BaumeisterDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Elisa BousquetUnit of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (MPEA1), CHU Montpellier-Saint Eloi Hospital, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Aurore BussalbMensia Technologies, Paris, France.
Marie DelhayeChild and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasme Academic Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Richard DelormeChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Department and Child Brain Institute, Robert Debré Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Universite Paris Cite, Paris, France.
Renate DrechslerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Allison GoujonUnit of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (MPEA1), CHU Montpellier-Saint Eloi Hospital, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Alexander HägeDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Louis MayaudMensia Technologies, Paris, France.
Konstantin MechlerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Caroline MenacheClinique des Grangettes, Chêne-Bougeries, Geneva, Switzerland.
Olivier RevolUnit of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hospices civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Bron Cedex, France.
Friederike TagwerkerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Susanne WalitzaDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Anna Maria WerlingDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Stéphanie BioulacSANPSY, USR 3413, CNRS, Bordeaux, France.
Diane Purper-OuakilUnit of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (MPEA1), CHU Montpellier-Saint Eloi Hospital, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Daniel BrandeisDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEUniversity of Zurich · CHMensia (France) · FRUniversité de Montpellier · FRUniversité Paris Cité · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental · ESHirslanden Clinique des Grangettes · CHHôpital Femme Mère Enfant · FRInserm · FRUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BEUniversity of Geneva · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Earlier studies exploring the value of executive functioning (EF) indices for assessing treatment effectiveness and predicting treatment response in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) mainly focused on pharmacological treatment options and revealed rather heterogeneous results. Envisioning the long-term goal of personalized treatment selection and intervention planning, this study comparing methylphenidate treatment (MPH) and a home-based neurofeedback intervention (NF@Home) aimed to expand previous findings by assessing objective as well as subjectively reported EF indices and by analyzing their value as treatment and predictive markers. Methods: Children and adolescents ( Results: For a variety of neurocognitive indices, we found a significant pre-post change during treatment, mainly in the MPH group. However, the results of the current study reveal a rather limited prognostic value of neurocognitive indices for treatment response to either NF@Home or MPH treatment. Some significant effects emerged for parent-ratings only. Discussion: Current findings indicate a potential value of self-report (BRIEF global score) and some objectively measured neurocognitive indices (CPT commission errors and hit reaction time variability) as treatment markers (of change) for MPH. However, we found a rather limited prognostic value with regard to predicting treatment response not (yet) allowing recommendation for clinical use. Baseline symptom severity was revealed as the most relevant predictor, replicating robust findings from previous studies.

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ADHDexecutive functionsmethylphenidateneurocognitive functioningneurofeedbackpredictive markertreatment marker

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