NCT00857207: Goal Management Training after blast-related brain injury

NCT00857207 is a VA study of metacognitive/Goal Management Training after blast-related traumatic brain injury. The completed registration records 51 actual participants and compares structured strategy training with a Brain Health Workshop. Training targets planning, breaking tasks into steps, monitoring distractions and applying strategies to everyday goals. Outcomes include computerized Tower of London performance and BRIEF-A executive-function ratings. 1 2

A related original 2023 paper, funded under VA award B0902-W, reports a smaller uncontrolled group: 14 participants completed training, with improvements in selected executive-function and participation measures. However, it does not identify NCT00857207 in its text, and its design and denominator are not the registered 51-person comparison. 3

The registry now posts results for the registered study. Its primary computerized Tower of London measure reports average completion time changing from 24.6 to 21.7 seconds for 14 analyzed training participants, and from 25.1 to 24.7 seconds for three analyzed workshop participants. Those very small, uneven analyzed groups do not support a robust comparative conclusion. The related 2023 paper remains separately labeled: its 14-person before/after results are not substituted for the registered comparison. 2 3

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1. ClinicalTrials.gov — ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT00857207. Original registration; establishes the exact study identity and registered methods.Original study registration · Original record checked against the registry API. Checked 2026-10-10. Registration and current registry fields do not by themselves establish efficacy. Historical details in the article retain their stated date. Supplied note: ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT00857207. Original registration; establishes the exact study identity and registered methods.

2. ICH GCP — ICH GCP — NCT00857207. Readable reproduction of the sponsor-submitted registration, including the design and dated status fields; not an independent outcome study.Cited supporting source · Link and description preserved from supplied research. Checked in supplied research dated 2026-10-10. Source description comes from supplied research; underlying page was not independently re-read for this update.

3. Waid-Ebbs and colleagues (2023). Executive function improvement in response to meta-cognitive training in chronic mTBI / PTSD. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences; DOI 10.3389/fresc.2023.1189292. Related original study, not a verified report of the registered randomized comparison — Waid-Ebbs and colleagues (2023). Executive function improvement in response to meta-cognitive training in chronic mTBI / PTSD. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences; DOI…Cited supporting source · Link and description preserved from supplied research. Checked in supplied research dated 2026-10-10. Source description comes from supplied research; underlying page was not independently re-read for this update.