VR System for Cross-modal Rehabilitation of Hemianopia

Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemianopsia, Homonymous; Hemianopia, Homonymous

Treatments: Device: Cross-model Visual Auditory Rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04230486

IRB00061542

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to investigate the effectiveness of a new rehabilitation for visual hemianopia. The study team believes a cross-modal rehabilitation technique delivered by a virtual reality system can help restore the visual field for subjects with homonymous hemianopia.

Full description

The study tests a novel rehabilitation system, translated from promising cross-modal rehabilitation animal research, that is the first treatment capable of restoring the visual field for hemianopia patients. This noninvasive technique uses a virtual reality device to deliver visual and auditory stimulus. The goals of this study are to obtain proof of concept and procure rehabilitation data to support the development of this novel rehabilitation treatment.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult volunteers diagnosed with homonymous visual hemianopia / hemianopsia (ages 18-99)

Exclusion criteria

• Volunteers who are unable to complete the study tasks or understand instructions
• Subjects that are not able to provide written consent or verbal assent
• Subjects who are not available to complete all rehabilitation sessions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

Experimental Group Virtual Reality (VR) Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Visual Auditory Virtual Reality rehabilitation for visual hemianopia

Treatment:

Device: Cross-model Visual Auditory Rehabilitation