Brain Computer Interface for Communication in ICU: a Feasibility Study (RoBIK-1)

University of Versailles

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tetraplegia; Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01005524

ANR-TecSan-2009

AFM2009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the usability of a system to assist verbal communication based on BCI system using the P300 wave in patients with tetraplegia who can no longer communicate because of severe engine damage (tetraplegia) and respiratory damage requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (intubation or tracheostomy) preventing verbal communication.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Admitted in the ICU
• Quadriplegic and requiring mechanical ventilation (tracheostomy) 24/24h

Exclusion criteria

• Acute respiratory failure.
• Visual disorder
• Cognitive disorder
• Illiterate patient
• Mother tongue other than french