Recruiting

Virtual Reality

Sponsor:

Kessler Foundation

Code:

NCT03605017

Conditions

TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Virtual Reality Executive Function Training (VREFT)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of a technique designed to improve divided attention and set-shifting impairments in persons with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study is designed to evaluate how well this technique can help people with TBI increase their attention and ability to function better in everyday life.

Conditions

TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Study ID

NCT03605017

Start date

Mar 26, 2014

Status verified date

Oct, 2021

Completion date

Mar 26, 2022

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar 26, 2022

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • between the ages of 18-65
  • diagnosis of TBI
  • can read and speak English fluently

Exclusion Criteria:

  • prior stroke or neurological disease other than TBI
  • unstable or uncontrolled seizures
  • currently taking benzodiazepines

Study Design

Enrollment

32 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: VREFT: Wonderkin Treatment

Administered by computer

active comparator: VREFT: Attention Control

Administered by computer

Interventions

Virtual Reality Executive Function Training (VREFT)

Primary outcome measure

  • Total divided attention post-treatment (covarying for baseline performance) [ Time Frame: 7 weeks (between pre- and post-testing) ]
  • Total set-shifting post-treatment (covarying for baseline performance) [ Time Frame: 7 weeks (between pre- and post-testing) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Denise Krch, PhD

973-324-8392dkrch@kesslerfoundation.org

Angela Smith, BA

9733248448asmith@kesslerfoundation.org

Locations

Kessler Foundation

Recruiting

East Hanover, New Jersey, United States, 07936

Contacts

Denise Krch, PhD

973-324-8392dkrch@kesslerfoundation.org

Angela Smith, BA

9733248448asmith@kesslerfoundation.org

More Information

Sponsor

Kessler Foundation

Last update posted

Oct 20, 2021

Last verified

Oct, 2021

Keywords

  • cognitive rehabilitation
  • attention
  • executive function

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Kessler Foundation on 2021-10-20.