Status:

COMPLETED

Arm Rehabilitation Study After Stroke

Lead Sponsor:

University of Southern California

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Conditions:

Stroke

Brain Infarction

Eligibility:

All Genders

21+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study is about arm and hand recovery after a stroke. The investigators are testing an experimental arm therapy called Accelerated Skill Acquisition Program (ASAP) which combines challenging, inte...

Detailed Description

Of the 700,000 individuals who experience a new or recurrent stroke each year, a majority have considerable residual disability. Sixty-five percent (65%) of patients at 6 months are unable to incorpor...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION
  • Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.
  • Hemiparesis in an upper extremity.
  • Age 21+.
  • Able to communicate in English (or Spanish,Rancho Los Amigos site only).
  • Willing to attend outpatient therapy \& f/u evaluations for 1 yr.
  • Some active finger extension.
  • EXCLUSION
  • Traumatic or non-vascular brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, AV malformation.
  • History of psychiatric illness requiring hospitalization within past 24 mos.
  • Active drug treatment for dementia.
  • Neurologic condition that may affect motor response (e.g. Parkinson's, ALS, MS).
  • History of head trauma requiring \>48 hours of hospitalization within past 12 mos.
  • Amputation of all fingers or thumb of hemiparetic (weak) arm.
  • Treated with Botox in affected arm within last 3 months.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 1 2009

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    February 1 2014

    Estimated Enrollment :

    361 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00871715

    Start Date

    June 1 2009

    End Date

    February 1 2014

    Last Update

    July 9 2019

    Active Locations (8)

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    University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033

    2

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048

    3

    Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

    Los Angeles, California, United States, 90242

    4

    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, United States, 90806