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Home Telerehabilitation_Motivation Enhanced HTme for Stroke

Q: Does this trial encompass those over the age of 84?

The inclusionary restrictions for this trial necessitate that the participants be between 40 and 80 years old. There are 37 trials specifically designed to serve those under 18, whereas 1007 studies cater to individuals over 65.

Q: What is the total population size of participants in this research trial?

Affirmative. According to the material on clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is actively seeking recruitment of 40 patients at a single site. The study was initially posted on September 8th 2019 and has recently been updated April 25th 2022.

Q: What goals are being pursued in this experiment?

The primary measure of success in this clinical trial over the 90 day intervention period is to be logged using Intrinsic Motivation Inventory. Secondary outcomes that are monitored include <a href="https://www.withpower.com/clinical-trials/stroke">Stroke</a> Impact Scale - Recovery Subscale (100 point subscale, with a higher score indicating better recovery), Stroke Impact Scale - Hand Subscale (25 point subscale, with a higher score also equating to improved performance) and Horizontal Shoulder and Elbow Trace RMSE which assesses how well an individual can track movements as they move their cursor across a sine wave path; this metric will be reported as root mean square error.

N/A

Waitlist Available

Research Sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up between 72 and 96 hours after to post-test

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Study Summary

This trial is studying how well motivational strategies designed by the gaming industry help people stick to a home tele-rehabilitation program designed to improve hand function after stroke.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ between 72 and 96 hours after to post-test

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~between 72 and 96 hours after to post-test

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and between 72 and 96 hours after to post-test for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Intrinsic Motivation Inventory

Total intervention time

Upper extremity Fugl Meyer Assessment

Secondary outcome measures

Action Research Arm Test

Average intervention time per intervention day

Box and Blocks Test

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Other outcome measures

Patient experience with HoVRS training

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Home Telerehabilitation_Motivation Enhanced HTmeExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The Home Telerehabilitation Motivation Enhanced (HTme) group will use the NJIT-HoVRS system to play a series of three games to train movement of their shoulder, elbow, wrist and fingers. The study team will set up the apparatus in their home at the initial visit and train them to use the system. After this, subjects will practice in their homes with on-line or in-person support as needed (once a week in person for the first month, and then an average of two times per month in person and two times per month on line). Subjects will be instructed to perform three of the simulations assigned to them as much as possible, but at least twenty minutes, daily for twelve weeks. The HTme group will use three simulations that will provide the user with eight to twelve levels of gradually increasing difficulty and complexity. A screen announces each level change and the graphics for each new level change substantially. Scoring opportunities increase at each new level.

Group II: Home Telerehabilitation_Unenhanced (HTu)Active Control1 Intervention

The Home Telerehabilitation Motivation Enhanced (HTu) group will use the NJIT-HoVRS system to play a series of three games to train movement of their shoulder, elbow, wrist and fingers. The study team will set up the apparatus in their home at the initial visit and train them to use the system. After this, subjects will practice in their homes with on-line or in-person support as needed (once a week in person for the first month, and then an average of two times per month in person and two times per month on line). Subjects will be instructed to perform three of the simulations assigned to them as much as possible, but at least twenty minutes, daily for twelve weeks. The HTu group will use three simulations. Difficulty will be increased utilizing an adaptive control algorithm that increases difficulty based on performance. Difficulty changes are extremely incremental making them imperceptible for most subjects. Graphics and scoring do not change as difficulty level changes.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Home Telerehabilitation using HoVRS

2019

N/A

~40

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Who is running the clinical trial?

New Jersey Institute of TechnologyOTHER

8 Previous Clinical Trials

891 Total Patients Enrolled

2 Trials studying Stroke

169 Patients Enrolled for Stroke

Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyLead Sponsor

429 Previous Clinical Trials

64,200 Total Patients Enrolled

5 Trials studying Stroke

4,668 Patients Enrolled for Stroke

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)NIH

1,963 Previous Clinical Trials

2,674,709 Total Patients Enrolled

79 Trials studying Stroke

5,355 Patients Enrolled for Stroke

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are new participants currently being sought for this trial?

"Affirmative. According to clinicaltrials.gov, this medical experiment is presently open for recruitment and was initially listed on September 8th 2019. The last edit came in April 25th 2022 and the study aims to recruit 40 individuals from one location."

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Who is eligible to join this experimental research?

"This medical trial is searching for 40 people aged between 40 and 80 with a current diagnosis of stroke. Other entry requirements include a score of 1 or higher on the extinction & inattention section of NIH Stroke Scale, unilateral occurrence, 22 or more points from Montreal Cognitive Assesment, language portion scoring at least 1 from NIHS scale and cutaneous sensation (ability to identify <4.17 Newton stimulus using Semmes-Weinstein nylon filaments)."

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Does this trial encompass those over the age of 84?

"The inclusionary restrictions for this trial necessitate that the participants be between 40 and 80 years old. There are 37 trials specifically designed to serve those under 18, whereas 1007 studies cater to individuals over 65."

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What is the total population size of participants in this research trial?

"Affirmative. According to the material on clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is actively seeking recruitment of 40 patients at a single site. The study was initially posted on September 8th 2019 and has recently been updated April 25th 2022."

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What goals are being pursued in this experiment?

"The primary measure of success in this clinical trial over the 90 day intervention period is to be logged using Intrinsic Motivation Inventory. Secondary outcomes that are monitored include Stroke Impact Scale - Recovery Subscale (100 point subscale, with a higher score indicating better recovery), Stroke Impact Scale - Hand Subscale (25 point subscale, with a higher score also equating to improved performance) and Horizontal Shoulder and Elbow Trace RMSE which assesses how well an individual can track movements as they move their cursor across a sine wave path; this metric will be reported as root mean square error."

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