Neglect Treatment by Prism Adaptation in the Acute Phase — aPA-NEGLECT  

Unilateral Spatial Neglect Clinical Trial

Official title: Neglect Treatment by Prism Adaptation in the Acute Phase

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This project aims at unveiling the beneficial effects of prism adaptation as early rehabilitation technique to treat unilateral spatial neglect in the acute phase after a brain damage. This syndrome, frequent and very invalidating for daily life activities after a brain damage, is a cognitive disorder of lack of attention towards a part of the space. Patients at a first event brain injury hospitalized into the Neurology and Neurosurgery Departments and affected by spatial neglect will undergo to a protocol of five consecutive rehabilitation treatments, being assigned to the experimental (prisms) or control groups (neutral prisms). The effectiveness of the treatment will be assessed with cognitive, functional and motor-related measures, as well as a follow up 3 months later. These results can have a strong impact on the long-term functional outcome of these patients.

Clinical Trial Description

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Unilateral Spatial Neglect

• NCT number: NCT06078111
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 16, 2023
• Completion date: February 2026