RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT05728840

Virtual-reality Exercises for Alleviating Attention Deficits in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury

Sponsor

Mindmaze SA

Enrollment

135 participants

Start Date

Feb 15, 2023

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Stroke Attention Disorder

Summary

Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability with an increasing incidence, especially in young adults. Among the cognitive difficulties following brain damage, deficits in attention are frequent and pervasive, affecting between 46% and 92% of stroke survivors. The current project targets patients with acquired brain injury, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and brain tumor. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the use and the efficacy of a training program targeting attention and executive function difficulties, using gamified and digitized versions in virtual reality of standard cognitive exercises for patients with brain lesions.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria5

Time from stroke onset < 1 month
Objective pathological performance on at least one standardized test or subtest on attention during standard neuropsychological evaluation
Brain injury documented by routine neuroradiological examination (computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scan)
Able to give informed consent as documented by signature
Age >= 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria7

Epilepsy
Inability or contraindications to undergo the investigated intervention
Major psychiatric co-morbidity
Major neurocognitive deficits (e.g. dementia)
Incapacity to discriminate colors
General cognitive state preventing to understand and perform the tasks
Decision to not be informed of incidental findings

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Interventions

OTHERImmersive virtual reality gamified cognitive activities

This intervention will include 20 sessions of training with the experimental rehabilitation program using immersive VR cognitive gamified activities, in addition to the standard of care.

OTHERDouble neuropsychological standard activities

This intervention will include 20 sessions of training using a standard neuropsychological rehabilitation program, in addition to the standard of care.