Recruiting

Virtual Reality

Sponsor:

Kessler Foundation

Code:

NCT04820634

Conditions

Traumatic Brain Injury

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Virtual Reality Job Interview Training

Wonderworks

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) to improve job reentry skills in individuals with TBI.

Conditions

Traumatic Brain Injury

Study ID

NCT04820634

Start date

Dec 12, 2019

Status verified date

Mar, 2024

Completion date

Jul 28, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 28, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • I am between the ages of 18 and 65.
  • I have a diagnosis with moderate to severe TBI.
  • I am at least one year post injury.
  • I am able to speak and read English fluently.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • I have a history of multiple sclerosis, stroke, seizures or another neurological injury or disease in the past (like brain tumor or epilepsy).
  • I have a history of significant psychiatric illness (like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or psychosis).
  • I am currently taking steroids and/or benzodiazepines as determined by study staff review of my medications.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: VR-JIT

In this arm, participants would participate in simulated interviews utilizing a software program and virtual interviewer, once a week for 90 minutes.

placebo comparator: Wonderworks

In this arm, participants would participate in a similar intervention, also once a week for 90 minutes. However, in this arm, the intervention would be in a virtual office environment completing office tasks.

Interventions

Virtual Reality Job Interview Training

The treatment group (TX) will complete 7 sessions of VR-JIT (1 sessions per week for 7 weeks), designed to teach the skills \& concepts of job interviews. Sessions are approximately 90 minutes long.

Wonderworks

The control group (CT) will complete 7 sessions of Wonderworks (1 session per week for 7 weeks) using skills in an office environment.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Mock Job Interview Score at 1 month [ Time Frame: 1 month ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Helen Genova, Ph.D.

973-324-8390hgenova@kesslerfoundation.org

Locations

Kessler Foundation

Recruiting

East Hanover, New Jersey, United States, 07936

Contacts

Nancy Moore, MA

973-323-8450nmoore@kesslerfoundation.org

Katarina Reduzzi, BA

kreduzzi@kesslerfoundation.org

Principal Investigator:

Helen Genova, Ph.D.

More Information

Sponsor

Kessler Foundation

Last update posted

Mar 20, 2024

Last verified

Mar, 2024

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 2024-03-20.