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Cognitive Rehabilitation for Victims of War and Related Traumas With Traumatic Brain Injury and Cognitive Impairment

Feasibility RCT of an Adapted Cognitive Rehabilitation Program for Victims of War and Related Traumas With TBI and Cognitive Impairment

Who can join

Ages 18 to 65 · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

1\. Identify as asylum-seekers or refugees, survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), OR report personal history of other trauma 3. Mild or moderate TBI sustained after the age of 18 4. Age 18-65 5. Subjective cognitive impairment 6. English or Spanish language proficiency 7. Ability to provide verbal informed consent 8. Ability and willingness to answer questionnaires and participation in the Intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participation in cognitive rehabilitation treatment current or in past 3 months
2. Severe TBI or TBI only sustained under the age of 18
3. Diagnosis of bipolar, psychosis, active substance use, self-reported current active suicidal ideation (Potential participants can be screened again after 30 days in the case of suicidal ideation)

About the study

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are looking to see if a program created to help improve thinking and memory can work for people affected by trauma, including asylum seekers and refugees, survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and others with traumatic brain injury (TBI). They're checking if this program is practical and if people find it helpful.

The study will have two groups. Participants will complete a first questionnaire and then be assigned to a group by chance. One group will participate in the program immediately and then answer the second questionnaire (approximately 3 months after the first questionnaire they did). Then they will wait and then answer the third and final questionnaire approximately 6 months after the first one.

The second group will wait and answer the second questionnaire approximately 3 months after the first one. Then they will receive the program and answer the third and final questionnaire (approximately 6 months after the first one they did.)

What is being tested

• A Trauma-informed, Paraprofessional Delivered Virtual Cognitive Rehabilitation Program (behavioral)

Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Participants: 50 · Started: Oct 15, 2025

Contact the study team

• Altaf Saadi, MD · Phone: 6177363016

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06839079

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Traumatic Brain Injury

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.