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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02309853
Date of registration: 09/11/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Public title: Visual and Tactile Scanning Training in Patients With Neglect After Stroke ViTaTrain
Scientific title: Visual and Tactile Scanning Training in Patients With Neglect After Stroke
Date of first enrolment: December 2014
Target sample size: 16
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02309853
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Martin Sattelmayer, MSc, MA
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Name:     Martin Sattelmayer, MA, MSc
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: martin.sattelmayer@hevs.ch
Affiliation: 
Name:     Martin Sattelmayer, MSc, MA
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: martin.sattelmayer@hevs.ch
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- First or second time right hemispheric stroke (haemorrhagic or ischaemic, diagnosed
with computer tomography or magnetic resonance imaging)

- Time after last stroke: less than 8 weeks

- Hemispatial neglect with at least seven points on the Catherine Bergego Scale

- Right handed

Exclusion Criteria:

- Reduced vision after rectification (i.e. corrected vision sufficient to read
newspaper-sized print)

- Mini-Mental State Evaluation Score below 11

- Not fluently speaking and understanding French or German language in order to
understand the tasks and the assessments, as assessed and judged by the medical
doctor and the staff.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hemispatial Neglect
Intervention(s)
Other: Uni-modal visual scanning training
Other: Visual and tactile scanning training
Primary Outcome(s)
Neglect behaviour during activities of daily life measured with the Catherine Bergego Scale [Time Frame: up to 14 months]
Adherence rate of the patients to the treatment [Time Frame: up to 11 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Visual neglect measured with the Behavioural Inattention Test (conventional subtest) [Time Frame: up to 14 months]
Completeness of documents [Time Frame: up to 11 months]
Health related quality of life measured with the EQ-5D [Time Frame: up to 14 months]
Mobility related disability easured with the Rivermead Mobility Index [Time Frame: up to 11 months]
Personal neglect measured with the Vest Test [Time Frame: up to 14 months]
Severity of disability in a rehabilitation setting measured with the Functional Independence Measure [Time Frame: up to 11 months]
Inclusion rate and refusal rate per week [Time Frame: up to 11 months]
Length of stay in inpatient rehabilitation setting [Time Frame: up to 11 months]
Length of time of assessments [Time Frame: up to 11 months]
Secondary ID(s)
P40907
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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