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Eyegaze Systems for Spinal Cord Injury: A Feasibility Study

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Status and phase

Unknown
Phase 4

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Treatments

Device: Tobii™ Eyegaze System

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01943656
13/EE/0049 (UK NRES)

Details and patient eligibility

About

As technologies are advancing quickly in the healthcare setting, new solutions have become available helping disable people to enhance their ability to communicate. One of these advances is the introduction of the 'eye gaze system'. Through processing eye movements, this device allows a person to write, speak, use the Internet and even control systems in the home or office. In the currently proposed study we aim to evaluate the psychological and functional effects of using the Tobii™ Eyegaze System by inpatients with tetraplegia who are unable to use arms and legs and sometimes are not able to talk because of an impaired respiratory function.

Volunteering inpatients will be recruited at the National Spinal Injuries Centre. Volunteers will be instructed and trained to use the Tobii™ Eyegaze System. The number of sessions required to successfully master the device depends on the learning curve of the patient. The progress will be documented accordingly. After successful completion of the training and supervised use, the inpatients will be offered the Tobii™ Eyegaze System for unsupervised use, 4 hours a week, for the following 2 months. It is hypothesised that using the Tobii™ Eyegaze System by inpatients with tetraplegia results in improved disability perception and independence scores. For the current feasibility study 12 participants will be recruited and assessed for 'Appraisal of Disability', 'Mood', 'Assistive Technology perception' and 'eyeskills' to instruct the computer system. Positive study outcomes will encourage future studies of the role of the Tobii™ Eyegaze System in both a rehabilitation and home environment.

Full description

Volunteering inpatients will be recruited at the National Spinal Injuries Centre. Volunteers will be instructed and trained to use the Tobii™ Eyegaze System. The number of sessions required to successfully master the device depends on the learning curve of the patient. The progress will be documented accordingly. After successful completion of the training and supervised use, the inpatients will be offered the Tobii™ Eyegaze System for unsupervised use, 4 hours a week, for the following 2 months. It is hypothesised that using the Tobii™ Eyegaze System by inpatients with tetraplegia results in improved disability perception and independence scores. For the current feasibility study 12 participants will be recruited and assessed for 'Appraisal of Disability', 'Mood', 'Assistive Technology perception' and 'eyeskills' to instruct the computer system. Positive study outcomes will encourage future studies of the role of the Tobii™ Eyegaze System in both a rehabilitation and home environment.

Enrollment

12 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

16+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Spinal Cord Injury at C7 level or above
  • American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) grade A, B, C or D
  • Age equal or higher than 16 years old
  • Expected to stay least 10 weeks at the National Spinal Injuries Centre

Exclusion criteria

  • History of severe neurological injuries other than Spinal Cord Injury (eg. Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke)
  • Planned discharge within 10 weeks time
  • Psychiatric or cognitive conditions that may interfere with the study
  • Patients incapable of providing informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

12 participants in 1 patient group

Tobii™ Eyegaze System
Experimental group
Description:
Single arm, open label study.
Treatment:
Device: Tobii™ Eyegaze System

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Joost J. van Middendorp, MD, PhD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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