Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Trial
— OCEANS-TBIOfficial title:
Optimizing Cognitive, Environmental, and Neuromotor Stimulation in Traumatic Brain Injury (OCEANS-TBI)
Patients with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at elevated risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Improvements in TBI treatment may mitigate this risk. Complex motor activities, which combine physical and cognitive demands, have been shown to have well established neurocognitive benefits. This study seeks to address the need for novel TBI interventions optimized for adults with history of TBI by determining the effectiveness of an immersive computer game designed to integrating complex cognitive-motor interventions.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 66 |
Est. completion date | June 30, 2025 |
Est. primary completion date | December 30, 2024 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 40 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - English speaking - 40 years of age and older - History of at least one remote TBI (>3 years ago) of mild and moderate severity as diagnosed by Veteran's Affairs / Department of Defense (VA/DoD) criteria. - Ability to perform most independent activities of daily living without physical assistance (e.g., no canes or walkers because person needs both hands to participate); Chedoke Arm and Hand Activity Inventory - mean score >5, indicating modified or complete independence in hand and arm functioning. - Ability to dedicate 3 hours per week for about 12 weeks-approximately 20 to 26 hours of total time-to the intervention study. - Ability to give informed consent and understand the tasks involved Exclusion Criteria: - Presence of cognitive impairment based on a Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score = 24. - Presence of diseases associated with gross motor abnormalities that restrict ambulation (e.g., stroke with paresis, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cerebellar or spinal cord disorders, peripheral nerve disorders, severe rheumatic or osteoarthritic disorders, limb amputation) - Untreated major mental illness that may preclude successful completion of the study (e.g., major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, etc.) - History of physical or neurological condition that interferes with study procedures or assessment of motor function (e.g., epilepsy, severe arthritis, severe neuropathy, Parkinson's disease). - Current diagnosis of color blindness. - Social or personal circumstances that interfere with ability to complete 12-14 weeks of training sessions and follow-up evaluation. - Inability to sit in a chair or stand and perform upper limb exercises for one hour at a time. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Johns Hopkins Bayview | Baltimore | Maryland |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Johns Hopkins University | United States Department of Defense |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Change in Executive functioning as assessed by the Trail Making Test | The Trail Making Test is a neuropsychological test of visual attention and task switching. It consists of two parts in which the subject is instructed to connect a set of 25 dots as quickly as possible while still maintaining accuracy. | Baseline, 12 weeks, 9 months | |
Primary | Change in Executive functioning as assessed by the Stroop Test | The Stroop Test is a neuropsychological test extensively used to assess the ability to inhibit cognitive interference that occurs when the processing of a specific stimulus feature impedes the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute, well-known as the Stroop Effect. | Baseline, 12 weeks, 9 months | |
Primary | Change in Processing Speed as assessed by the Pattern Comparison Test | This test measures speed of processing by asking participants to discern whether two side-by-side pictures are the same or not. | Baseline, 12 weeks, 9 months | |
Primary | Change in Verbal Learning as assessed by the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) | The investigators will assess for change in verbal learning using the RAVLT. The RAVLT is a neuropsychological assessment designed to evaluate verbal memory in patients, 16 years of age and older. The RAVLT can be used to evaluate the nature and severity of memory dysfunction and to track changes in memory function over time. The test is designed as a list-learning paradigm in which the patient hears a list of 15 nouns and is asked to recall as many words from the list as possible. | Baseline, 12 weeks, 9 months | |
Primary | Change in Physical Mobility Outcome as assessed by the Short Physical Performance Battery | The short physical performance battery is a group of measures that combines the results of the gait speed, chair stand and balance tests. | Baseline, 12 weeks, 9 months | |
Primary | Change in brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Volumetrics | Brain volumetrics will be calculated using a Philips 3 Tesla (T) head-only scanner using established methods. The investigators will obtain various volumetric measures, including: hippocampus, amygdala, mesiotemporal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, striatum, total gray matter, and total white matter. | Baseline, 12 weeks | |
Secondary | Change in Activity as assessed by the Apple Watch Summary Metric Composite Score | The investigators will assess physical activity using summary metrics from an Apple Watch. This summary metric is a composition score for: total counts/day (amount); total minutes of activity/day (duration); total bouts of activity/day (duration); levels of activity intensity (sedentary to vigorous); and accumulated time within each activity level | Baseline, 12 weeks, 9 months | |
Secondary | Change in Caregiver Burden as assessed by the Zarit Burden Interview | The Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI, 22-item) is one of the most commonly used instruments to assess caregiving burden in clinical and research settings. The ZBI was originally developed to assess burden among caregivers of community-dwelling persons with dementia. | Baseline, 12 weeks, 9 months | |
Secondary | Change in Depressive Symptoms as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9) | The PHQ-9 is a multipurpose instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression. The PHQ-9 incorporates Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV depression diagnostic criteria with other leading major depressive symptoms into a brief self-report tool. | Baseline, 12 weeks, 9 months | |
Secondary | Change in Neuropsychiatric Symptom Burden as assessed by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire Total Score | The Neuropsychiatric Inventory - Questionnaire is designed to be a self-administered questionnaire completed by informants about patients for whom informants care for. Each of the 12 domains contains a survey question that reflects cardinal symptoms of that domain. Initial responses to each domain question are "Yes" (present) or "No." | Baseline, 12 weeks, 9 months | |
Secondary | Change in Brain Diffuse Tensor Imaging (DTI) | DTI parameters (FA, MD, RD, AD) will be automatically assessed in 20 predefined regions of interest (ROI) from the Johns Hopkins University DTI-81atlas. Mean values of each DTI parameter for each ROI will be measured. | Baseline, 12 weeks | |
Secondary | Change in Brain Resting State functional MRI (rsfMRI) | rsfMRI data will be analyzed using both seed-based (by generating 6mm spheres that will be placed in regions of interest) and group independent component analysis. | Baseline, 12 weeks |
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