Telemedicine Follow-up for Patients With Cervical Dystonia Treated With Neurotoxin Injections

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cervical Dystonia; Telemedicine

Treatments: Other: Telemedicine follow-up visit

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03969537

190232

Details and patient eligibility

About

Many cervical dystonia (CD) patients are limited in their ability to travel to the clinic for follow-up in between injection visits.

A telemedicine visit at the time of peak effectiveness of neurotoxin treatment may be valuable in informing the neurologist's choice of muscle selection and/or dose for the next injection visit. The primary objective of this study is to investigate both patient and physician satisfaction with the use of our telemedicine tool for this type of follow-up. After assessment of the subject, the neurologist will decide whether or not the telemedicine visit was informative to the upcoming injection visit. Subjects will answer questions at the end of the visit regarding their satisfaction with the follow-up and overall telemedicine communication. The principle investigator will complete a similar survey with additional questions about information gathered from the visit to assess the primary objective.

A secure video communications platform will be used for the visit, which will occur 2-4 weeks after the patient's last neurotoxin injection (around the time of peak effectiveness). The investigating neurologist will remotely assess the patient and make notes for the next injection visit.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or female subjects of any race, aged 18 and above
• Diagnosed with cervical dystonia and being treated with neurotoxin injections at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• The subject, or if appropriate their medical decision maker, is willing and able to provide written informed consent.
• Email and internet access
• Personal computing device with audio/video capability

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects for whom participation in the study may cause medical harm

Trial design

27 participants in 1 patient group

Telemedicine

Description:

The patients selected to participate in the study are cervical dystonia (CD) patients who receive treatment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where the study takes place.

Treatment:

Other: Telemedicine follow-up visit