Prism Adaptation Therapy for Spatial Neglect

Spatial Neglect Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prism Adaptation Therapy for Spatial Neglect: Theoretical and Practical Outcomes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00989430
• Other study ID #: AMBarrett3
• Secondary ID: Spatial Neglect
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2012
• Est. completion date: October 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2021
• Source: Kessler Foundation
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research study with a randomized controlled design is to examine the effects of prism adaptation treatment on two visual-spatial recovery components. After a stroke, an "internal GPS", locating where objects or people lie in a particular area of space, may be impaired. Alternately, a stroke may impair precise visual-spatial hand and body aiming movements. The research team wishes to discover whether prism adaptation treatment (two weeks of daily 20-min sessions of goal-directed movement with prism goggles) affects visual-spatial where or aiming errors selectively after stroke.

This research represents one of the first attempts to apply what we know about the brain from neuroscience research, to modern clinical rehabilitation practices.

Description:

The purpose of this research study with a randomized controlled design is to examine the effects of prism adaptation treatment on two visual-spatial recovery components. After a stroke, an "internal GPS", locating where objects or people lie in a particular area of space, may be impaired. Alternately, a stroke may impair precise visual-spatial hand and body aiming movements. The research team wishes to discover whether prism adaptation treatment (two weeks of daily 20-min sessions of goal-directed movement with prism goggles) affects visual-spatial where or aiming errors selectively after stroke.

This research represents one of the first attempts to apply what we know about the brain from neuroscience research, to modern clinical rehabilitation practices.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 160
• Est. completion date: October 2021
• Est. primary completion date: October 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• The subject is 18 to 100 years of age, inclusive.

• The subject has had a stroke on the right side of the brain.

• The subject is able to give Informed consent.

• The subject has a spatial neglect (if known).

• The subject is able and willing to comply with the study protocol, including availability for all scheduled clinic visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The subject has or had a serious brain condition other than stroke.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Deficits in Attention Motor Control and Perception
• Perceptual Disorders
• Spatial Neglect

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Prism Adaptation Treatment
Wearing prism goggles and performing visuomotor tasks during therapy sessions.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation	West Orange	New Jersey

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kessler Foundation	U.S. Department of Education

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Kessler Foundation Neglect Assessment Process	a performance based and behavioral measure for spatial neglect that utilizes and standardizes the administration of the Catherine Bergego Scale (CBS)	6 months
Secondary	Behavior Inattention Test	Conventional subtest, a set of paper and pencil test for spatial neglect	2 weeks
Secondary	Barthel Index	A functional independence assessment of daily tasks	2 weeks

External Links

•   Kessler Foundation Stroke Program