Status:
COMPLETED
Comparing The Cyberlink Control System to the Manual Letter Board for Communication Purposes in the ALS Patient Population
Lead Sponsor:
Drexel University College of Medicine
Collaborating Sponsors:
MDA/ALS Center of Hope
Conditions:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Neurodegenerative Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-89 years
Brief Summary
New technologies are giving people with motor disabilities alternative communication and control channels. The investigators are interested in using the Cyberlink Control System as a hands free means ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnosis of definite or possible ALS by the El Escorial Criteria
- Between ages of 18 to 89 years.
- Scored two or less in the ALS FRS category 1 (Speech)
- Scored two or less in the ALS FRS category 4 (Handwriting)
- Cognitively intact with no other neurological diseases
- No unstable medical problems
Exclusion
- Any subject not meeting the inclusion criteria
- Patients unable to give informed consent either themselves or via a legally authorized personnel.
- Patients diagnosed with neurological problems other than ALS (upon examination by the principal investigator)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
25 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00718497
Start Date
August 1 2007
End Date
May 1 2012
Last Update
March 5 2013
Active Locations (1)
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MDA/ALS Center of Hope
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107