Test and Evaluation of Non-Invasive Neuro-Assessment Devices (NINAD): NeuroKinetics, Inc, iPAS (NINADiPAS)

Uniformed Services University (USU)

Status: Suspended

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Device: Neuro Kinetics, Inc, i-PAS

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT03165968

MEM 91-2714

Details and patient eligibility

About

The long term goal for the Traumatic Injury Research Program (TIRP) is testing of novel devices for the identification and longitudinal assessment of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Department of Defense (DoD) has now tasked TIRP with the test and evaluation of these devices to assess reliability and validity. The objective of this effort is to test the reliability of the NeuroKinetics Inc (NKI), i-PAS (portable assessment system) device using a test/re-test protocol with healthy controls.

The basic research design adopted here is the test/re-test paradigm with three assessments obtained on three separate visits. This will allow the assessment of reliability of both the device and the measure(s) that are computed from the input signals. Participants will be Healthy Controls (HC) as defined in the inclusion exclusion section.

In this initial study we will be administering standardized self-report instruments ( Short Form - 36 (SF-36) and the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90r)), standard three-lead electrocardiogram. In addition we will administer the NKI i-PAS specific protocol as delineated by NKI.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female participants between 18 and 55 years old in good general health. Good general health is operationalized for the purpose of this study by scores within one standard deviation of the mean in all eight sections of the Short Form 36 (SF-36).

A normalized Global Severity Scale of less than or equal to 65 on the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised and subscale scores less than the cut scores indicating significant pathology.

Exclusion criteria

• A TBI positive event as determined by the DVBIC (Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center) Three Question Screening Tool.

Any history of seizures or CNS tumors

A normalized Global Severity Scale of more than 65 on the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. Any subscale score indicating significant pathology

Scores greater than one standard deviation from the mean on all eight sections of the Short Form 36 (SF-36)